The upstairs wife : an intimate history of Pakistan

The upstairs wife : an intimate history of Pakistan /

"A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women. Rafia Zakaria's Muslim-Indian family immigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, feeling the situation for Muslims in India was precarious and that Pakistan represented enormous promise. And for some time it did. Her family prospered, and...

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Main Author: Zakaria, Rafia, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Zakaria, Rafia, > 1978- > Family.
Aunts > Pakistan > Karachi > Biography.
Muslim women > Pakistan > Karachi > Biography.
Polygamy > Social aspects > Pakistan > Karachi.
Women > Pakistan > Social conditions.
Misogyny > Pakistan.
Polygamy.
Sexual relationships.
Partner preference.
Women.
Gender identity.
Misogyny.
Karachi (Pakistan) > Biography.
Pakistan > Social conditions.
Pakistan > History.
Pakistan > Religious life and customs.
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Call Number: DS392.2.K3 Z26 2015

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