The Socio-political Construction of 'Honor' in the Patriarchal Society of Pakistan

ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze how the notion of "honor" is usually constructed in Pakistani society. Using the script of an Oscar-winning documentary by Sharemeen Obaid Chinoy, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, the researchers have investigated how various socio-politica...

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description ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze how the notion of "honor" is usually constructed in Pakistani society. Using the script of an Oscar-winning documentary by Sharemeen Obaid Chinoy, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, the researchers have investigated how various socio-political norms, linguistic tools, and strategies have been used to construct the issue of honor killing in a typical Pakistani patriarchal society. A set of tools offered by CDA practitioners (e.g. Fairclough, 1992, Van Dijk, 2006, Gee, 2011 and Reisigl and Wodak, 2000) helped the researchers to find that the concept of "honor", as social actors of the documentary view it, does not seem to be rooted in moral or religious codes rather it is a metaphor for political and social approval. Interestingly, only women are objectified as the carriers of this concept. They are conceived as the agents of disrespect or the violators of "honor" if an untoward incident happens. These attitudes clearly comment on the political power struggle between genders, which need further deep investigations in Pakistani society. The analytical framework of this study may be used to analyze media discourse and discriminatory socio-political norms/attitudes in South Asian societies.
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Attitudes
Discourse analysis
Documentary films
Forgiveness
Hegemony
Honor
Honor killings
Killing
Language
Political power
Researchers
Sex roles
Society
Sociopolitical attitudes
Sociopolitical factors
Stereotypes
Theory
Violence
Women
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