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

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

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
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
Isbn
9781612198415
Link
https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=100087&titleID=4876783
Instance
Label
A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
Title
A woman like her
Title remainder
the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
Statement of responsibility
Sanam Maher
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
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
  • 791.092
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Baloch, Qandeel
  • Baloch, Qandeel
  • Azeem, Fouzia
  • Celebrities
  • Women in mass media
  • Online social networks
  • Internet personalities
  • Models (Persons)
  • Social media
  • Honor killings
  • Pakistan
Label
A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star, Sanam Maher
Link
https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=100087&titleID=4876783
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
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
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781612198415
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
73659968-E4CF-4574-B238-4B49666996AA
System control number
  • on1137788155
  • (OCoLC)1137788155
Label
A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star, Sanam Maher
Link
https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=100087&titleID=4876783
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
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
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 231 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781612198415
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
73659968-E4CF-4574-B238-4B49666996AA
System control number
  • on1137788155
  • (OCoLC)1137788155

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