Violence and Belonging: Land, Love, and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan

Abstract

Honour and violence is a major theme in the anthropology of the Middle East, yet - apart from political violence - most studies approach violence from the perspective of honour. By contrast, this important study examines the meanings of lethal conflict in a little studied tribal society in Pakistan's unruly North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and offers a new perspective on its causes. Based on an in-depth study of local conflicts, the book challenges stereotyped images of a region and people miscast as extremist and militant.