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The performance of emotion among Paxtun women : "the misfortunes which have befallen me" / Benedicte Grima.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 2004. Description: xi, 241 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0195774981
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR302.2.P85. G75 2004
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements—1. Introduction—2. Fieldwork and storytelling among Paxtuns—3. Paxtun emotion concepts—4. Gham-Xadi : emotion rituals—5. Badal—6. Tapos : ethnographic context for misfortune narratives—7. Speaking of self and other : emotion discourse—8. The poetics and discourse of Gham in Paxto—9. Conclusions—Appendixes—Notes—Glossary—Bibliography—Index.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 3ACKU000351816
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University GR302.2.P85.G75 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 3ACKU000036763
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Abstract: Among the Paxtun women of Afghanistan and Pakistan, articulating one's despondency (Gham) is part of a ritual which serves to establish and maintain relationships. The author draws a parallel between this ritual and the infamous male practice of 'honour-killing', which tantamount to murdering female relatives suspected of illicit relationships.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. [227]-237).

Contents: Acknowledgements—1. Introduction—2. Fieldwork and storytelling among Paxtuns—3. Paxtun emotion concepts—4. Gham-Xadi : emotion rituals—5. Badal—6. Tapos : ethnographic context for misfortune narratives—7. Speaking of self and other : emotion discourse—8. The poetics and discourse of Gham in Paxto—9. Conclusions—Appendixes—Notes—Glossary—Bibliography—Index.

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