Victims of a vicious system: Women, violence, and human rights
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2016-06-23
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Imran, Rahat
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This chapter explores the Cinema of Accountability category to focus on representative documentary films, filmmakers, and organizations that address particular gender-specific issues affecting Pakistani women from their standpoint. Numerous Pakistani activist organizations and independent filmmakers have drawn attention to the widespread forms of violence and discrimination, with a particular focus on honour and revenge through extreme acts of violence such as stove-burning, acid-attacks, karo kari, honour-killing, honour-rape, and Swara. The chapter focuses on Burnt Victims: Scars on the Society. Burnt Victims: Scars on the Society, made by the AGHS Legal Aid Cell as a consciousness-raising and educational film for the purpose of training its staff to deal with cases of violence against women, also stresses the alarming situation of violence against women in the form of stove-burning and acid-attacks. Film discussions in the chapter demonstrates that Western conceptualizations and terminology of feminist' are not wholly applicable to the Pakistani situation.
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Cinema of Accountability , Documentary films , Pakistan , Women , Violence and discrimination , Honour and revenge , Stove-burning , Acid-attacks , Karo kari , Honour-killing , Honour-rape , Swara , 2016Burnt Victims: Scars on the Society
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Imran, R. (2016) 'Victims of a vicious system: Women, violence, and human rights', in Imran, R. (2016) Activist Documentary Film in Pakistan: The Emergence of a Cinema of Accountability. London: Routledge, pp. 129-185.
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© 2016, Rahat Imran. Published by Routledge. All rights reserved. This is an Accepted Version of a book chapter published by Routledge in Imran, R. (2016) Activist Documentary Film in Pakistan: The Emergence of a Cinema of Accountability, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315715230