Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up?

Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up?
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9780786499991
ISBN-13 : 0786499990
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Book Synopsis Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up? by : Moon Charania

Download or read book Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up? written by Moon Charania and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of absorbing case studies focuses on the portrayal of Pakistani women in the global media. Analyzing Hollywood films, British documentaries, newspapers and mainstream U.S. magazines, the book traces sensational female figures of Pakistan--all of whom have been subject to patriarchal violence--highlighting the imagery of exploitation and eroticism. The author addresses questions of spectatorship and fetishism in the age of globalization and the racial and imperial politics of liberal feminism.


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