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PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press

ISBN-100816692246

ISBN-139780816692248

eBay Product ID (ePID)175933877

Product Key Features

Book TitleDispatches from Pakistan

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicInternational Relations / General, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / General, World / Asian

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorQalandar Bux Memon

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-001728

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal954.9105/3

Table Of ContentContents Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya? (What Does Pakistan Mean?) Habib Jalib Introduction: Pakistan's FuturesMadiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon, and Vijay Prashad Several Dawns Over the IndusZahra Malkani New Wine in Old BottlesAasim Sajjad Akhtar The Neoliberal Security StateSaadia Toor The Mixed Modern Economy of PakistanMaliha Safri The Generals' Labyrinth: Pakistan and its MilitaryAyesha Siddiqa The Desperate U.S.-Pakistan AllianceJunaid Rana I'll be Your Mirror: The Politics of Pakistan's PopulismMadiha Tahir Feminism and 'Fundamentalism' in PakistanAmina Jamal Punjab in PlayHumeira Iqtidar Blood on the Path of Love: Faisalabad, PunjabQalandar Bux Memon Balochistan BetrayedMahvish Ahmad A Tempest in My Harbour: Gwadar, BalochistanHafees Jamali Swat in TransitionSultan-i-Rome Inside Militancy in WaziristanIqbal Khattak Poetic Reflection and Activism in Gilgit-BaltistanNosheen Ali The Nature of Conservation: Conflict and Articulation in Northern PakistanShafqat Hussain An Art of ExtremesHammad NasarKya Tum Poora Chaand Na Dekhoge (Will You Not See the Full Moon)Fehmida Riyaz Contributors Index

SynopsisDispatches from Pakistan reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys of daily lifein the country, from the poetry of Gilgit to the graffiti of Gwadar, from anarmy barrack in Punjab to the urban politics of Karachi. This timely bookbrings together journalists, activists, academics, and artists to provide arich, in-depth, and intriguing portrait of contemporary Pakistani society., Since 9/11, Pakistan has loomed large in the geopolitical imagination of the West. A key ally in the global war on terror, it is also the country in which Osama bin Laden was finally found and killed--and the one that has borne the brunt of much of the ongoing conflict's collateral damage. Despite its prominence on the front lines and on the front pages, Pakistan has been depicted by Western observers simplistically in terms of its corruption, its fundamentalist Islamic beliefs, and its propensity for violence. Dispatches from Pakistan , in contrast, reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys of daily life in the country, from the poetry of Gilgit to the graffiti of Gwadar, from an army barrack in Punjab to the urban politics of Karachi. This timely book brings together journalists, activists, academics, and artists to provide a rich, in-depth, and intriguing portrait of contemporary Pakistani society. Straddling a variety of boundaries--geographic, linguistic, and narrative-- Dispatches from Pakistan is a vital attempt to speak for the multitude of Pakistanis who, in the face of seemingly unimaginable hardships, from drone strikes to crushing poverty, remain defiantly optimistic about their future. While engaging in conversations on issues that make the headlines in the West, the contributors also introduce less familiar dimensions of Pakistani life, highlighting the voices of urban poets, rural laborers, industrial workers, and religious-feminist activists--and recovering Pakistani society's inquilabi (revolutionary) undercurrents and its hopeful overtones. Contributors: Mahvish Ahmad; Nosheen Ali, U of California, Berkeley; Shafqat Hussain, Trinity College; Humeira Iqtidar, King's College London; Amina Jamal, Ryerson U; Hafeez Jamali, U of Texas at Austin; Iqbak Khattak; Zahra Malkani; Raza Mir; Hammad Nasar; Junaid Rana, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maliha Safri, Drew U; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Lahore U of Management Sciences; Ayesha Siddiqa; Sultan-i-Rome, Government Jahanzeb Postgraduate College, Swat, Pakistan; Saadia Toor, Staten Island College.

LC Classification NumberDS384.D57 2014