![]() Weiss, International Studies, University of Oregon, Author of Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices (Oxford University Press, 2020) This is an important contribution to our understanding of choices women make within patriarchy in South Asia and how they can eke out some power by doing so. Professor Agha deftly shows that when women make choices to accommodate others, this is often actually a strategy they can use to gain some semblance of power. ![]() As poverty and social insecurity are at the foundation of why women must acquiesce to patriarchal control, she shows how they often adopt survival strategies to enable their agency to gain societal approval within prevailing strict patriarchal boundaries. Elaborating on gendered power relations in a little-known area of Pakistan, Nadia Agha explores how women in the cultural context of Khairpur actively participate in mitigating their own subordination by ‘playing by the cultural rules’ and hence ensure their economic survival. ![]()
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