Pakistan and its diaspora: multidisciplinary approaches

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Contributors offer an in-depth look at the dynamics of cultural and political change in Pakistan and the Pakistani Diaspora. Moving past static viewpoints, this volume demonstrates the multidirectional nature of the flow of ideas and people that create the social landscape experienced by Pakistanis globally.

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Full title :Pakistan and its diaspora : multidisciplinary approaches / edited by Marta Bolognani and Stephen M. Lyon.

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Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230119079, 0230119077, 1283124254, 9781283124256, 9781349293513, 1349293512
DOI:10.1057/9780230119079
oclc:ocn728645579
LC Classification:DS389
Dewey Decimal:954.9105/3

Introduction: Reflections and representations : shifting gazes and the curse of truths / Stephen Lyon and Marta Bolgonani -- The public sphere -- Rang de Basanti in Pakistan : elite student activism, the emergence of a virtual globalised public sphere, and the 2007 emergency / Marta Bolognani -- Revisiting the UK Muslim diasporic public sphere at a time of terror : from local (benign) invisible spaces to seditious conspiratorial spaces and national media dialogue (previously published in South Asian diaspora) / Pnina Werbner -- Kashmir -- Across the fence : belongings and representations between Pakistan and Kashmir / Paul Rollier -- Kashmiris in Britain : a political project or a social reality / Martin Sokefeld and Marta Bolognani -- Religious leadership -- Changing religious leadership in contemporary Pakistan : the case of the Red Mosque / Amelie Blom -- The religious formation and social roles of imams serving the Pakistani diaspora in the UK / Philip Lewis -- Women -- Pakistani women and education : the shifting patterns of ethnicity and class / Marie Lall -- "I really couldn't think of being married, having a family with nothing behind me" : empowerment, education, and Brit…

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Great Britain History Pakistan Pakistan -- Politics and government -- … Pākistān -- Politique et gouvernement -… Pakistan -- Social conditions Pakistanis -- Migrations Pakistanis -- Social conditions. -- Gre… Politics and culture Politics and culture -- Pakistan Politics and government Politique et culture -- Pakistan Since 1988 Social change Social change -- Pakistan Social conditions