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

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

"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 cour...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maher, Sanam (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2020]
Subjects:
Baloch, Qandeel, > 1990-2016.
Baloch, Qandeel, > 1990-2016 > Death and burial.
Azeem, Fouzia.
2000-2099
Celebrities > Pakistan > Biography.
Women in mass media > Biography.
Online social networks > Pakistan.
Internet personalities > Pakistan > Biography.
Models (Persons) > Pakistan > Biography.
Social media > Pakistan > Public opinion.
Honor killings > Pakistan.
Celebrities.
Honor killings.
Internet personalities.
Manners and customs.
Models (Persons)
Online social networks.
Women in mass media.
Social media.
Public opinion.
Pakistan > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Pakistan.
Biographies.
Table of 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.