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A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star, Sanam Maher

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"In 2016, Pakistan's first social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was murdered in a suspected honor killing. Her death quickly became a media sensation. It was both devastatingly routine and breathtakingly brutal, and in a new media landscape, it couldn't be ignored. Qandeel had courted attention and outrage with a talent for self-promotion that earned her comparisons to Kim Kardashian--and made her the constant victim of harassment and death threats. Social media and reality television exist uneasily alongside honor killings and forced marriages in a rapidly, if unevenly, modernizing Pakistan, and Qandeel Baloch's story became emblematic of the cultural divide. In this deftly reported and artfully told account, Sanam Maher reconstructs the story of Qandeel's life and explores the depth and range of her legacy from her impoverished hometown rankled by her infamy, to the aspiring fashion models who follow her footsteps, to the Internet activists resisting the same vicious online misogyny she faced. Maher depicts a society at a crossroads, where women serve as an easy scapegoat for its anxieties and dislocations, and teases apart the intrigue and myth-making of the Qandeel Baloch story to restore the humanity of the woman at its center"--
Language
eng
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1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
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"First published in 2018 in India as The sensational life and death of Qandeel Baloch by Aleph Book Company."--Title page verso
Contents
  • The Baloch family
  • "People say this is no job for a woman"
  • The models of Islamabad
  • "How I'm looking?"
  • The blue-eyed Chaiwala
  • "Guys, who want to watch my next nasty clip?"
  • The helpline
  • "I'm going to do something that gets everyone worried"
  • The Mufti
  • "I'm telling you that my life is in danger"
  • The media and the murder
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9781612198415
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A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
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A woman like her
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the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
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Sanam Maher
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Language
eng
Summary
"In 2016, Pakistan's first social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was murdered in a suspected honor killing. Her death quickly became a media sensation. It was both devastatingly routine and breathtakingly brutal, and in a new media landscape, it couldn't be ignored. Qandeel had courted attention and outrage with a talent for self-promotion that earned her comparisons to Kim Kardashian--and made her the constant victim of harassment and death threats. Social media and reality television exist uneasily alongside honor killings and forced marriages in a rapidly, if unevenly, modernizing Pakistan, and Qandeel Baloch's story became emblematic of the cultural divide. In this deftly reported and artfully told account, Sanam Maher reconstructs the story of Qandeel's life and explores the depth and range of her legacy from her impoverished hometown rankled by her infamy, to the aspiring fashion models who follow her footsteps, to the Internet activists resisting the same vicious online misogyny she faced. Maher depicts a society at a crossroads, where women serve as an easy scapegoat for its anxieties and dislocations, and teases apart the intrigue and myth-making of the Qandeel Baloch story to restore the humanity of the woman at its center"--
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Maher, Sanam
Dewey number
302.23092
Index
index present
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P92.5.B35
Literary form
non fiction
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  • dictionaries
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  • Baloch, Qandeel
  • Baloch, Qandeel
  • Celebrities
  • Women in mass media
  • Online social networks
  • Internet personalities
  • Models (Persons)
  • Social media
  • Honor killings
  • Celebrities
  • Honor killings
  • Internet personalities
  • Manners and customs
  • Models (Persons)
  • Online social networks
  • Women in mass media
  • Pakistan
  • Pakistan
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A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star, Sanam Maher
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"First published in 2018 in India as The sensational life and death of Qandeel Baloch by Aleph Book Company."--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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mixed
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
The Baloch family -- "People say this is no job for a woman" -- The models of Islamabad -- "How I'm looking?" -- The blue-eyed Chaiwala -- "Guys, who want to watch my next nasty clip?" -- The helpline -- "I'm going to do something that gets everyone worried" -- The Mufti -- "I'm telling you that my life is in danger" -- The media and the murder
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
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online
Isbn
9781612198415
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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73659968-e4cf-4574-b238-4b49666996aa
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remote
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  • (OCoLC)1137788155
  • (OCoLC)on1137788155
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A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star, Sanam Maher
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
"First published in 2018 in India as The sensational life and death of Qandeel Baloch by Aleph Book Company."--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Baloch family -- "People say this is no job for a woman" -- The models of Islamabad -- "How I'm looking?" -- The blue-eyed Chaiwala -- "Guys, who want to watch my next nasty clip?" -- The helpline -- "I'm going to do something that gets everyone worried" -- The Mufti -- "I'm telling you that my life is in danger" -- The media and the murder
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781612198415
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
73659968-e4cf-4574-b238-4b49666996aa
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1137788155
  • (OCoLC)on1137788155

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