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245 00 $aDispatches from Pakistan /$cMadiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon, Vijay Prashad, editors.
264 1 $aMinneapolis :$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2012
300 $axv, 288 pages ;$c22 cm
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500 $aOriginally published: New Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2012.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tWhat Does Pakistan Mean? / Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya? /$rHabib Jalib --$tIntroduction: Pakistan's Futures /$rMadiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon, and Vijay Prashad --$tSeveral Dawns Over the Indus: three maps /$rZahra Malkani --$tNew Wine in Old Bottles /$rAasim Sajjad Akhtar --$tThe Neoliberal Security State /$rSaadia Toor --$tThe Modern Mixed Economy of Pakistan /$rMaliha Safri --$tThe Generals' Labyrinth: Pakistan and its Military /$rAyesha Siddiqa --$tThe Desperate U.S.-Pakistan Alliance /$rJunaid Rana --$tI'll be Your Mirror: The Politics of Pakistan's Populism /$rMadiha R. Tahir --$tFeminism and 'Fundamentalism' in Pakistan /$rAmina Jamal --$tPunjab in Play /$rHumeira Iqtidar --$tBlood on the Path of Love: Faisalabad, Punjab /$rQalandar Bux Memon --$tBalochistan Betrayed /$rMahvish Ahmad --$tA Tempest in My Harbour: Gwadar, Balochistan /$rHafees Jamali --$tSwat in Transition /$rSultan-i-Rome --$tInside Militancy in Waziristan /$rIqbal Khattak --$tPoetic Reflection and Activism in Gilgit-Baltistan /$rNosheen Ali --$tThe Nature of Conservation: Conflict and Articulation in Northern Pakistan /$rShafqat Hussain --$tAn Art of Extremes /$rHammad Nasar --$tWill You Not See the Full Moon / Kya Tum Poora Chaand Na Dekhoge /$rFehmida Riyaz.
520 $a" 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.
520 $aStraddling 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.
520 $aWhile engaging in conversations on issues that make the headlines in the West, the contributors also introduce less familiar dimensions of Pakistani life, highlighting the voices of urban poets, rural laborers, industrial workers, and religious-feminist activists--and recovering Pakistani society's inquilabi (revolutionary) undercurrents and its hopeful overtones.Contributors: Mahvish Ahmad; Nosheen Ali, U of California, Berkeley; Shafqat Hussain, Trinity College; Humeira Iqtidar, King's College London; Amina Jamal, Ryerson U; Hafeez Jamali, U of Texas at Austin; Iqbak Khattak; Zahra Malkani; Raza Mir; Hammad Nasar; Junaid Rana, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maliha Safri, Drew U; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Lahore U of Management Sciences; Ayesha Siddiqa; Sultan-i-Rome, Government Jahanzeb Postgraduate College, Swat, Pakistan; Saadia Toor, Staten Island College. "--$cProvided by publisher.
651 0 $aPakistan$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aPakistan$xForeign relations.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aTahir, Madiha R.,$eeditor.
700 1 $aMemon, Qalandar Bux,$eeditor.
700 1 $aPrashad, Vijay,$eeditor.
775 08 $iReproduction of (manifestation):$tDispatches from Pakistan$dNew Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2012$h327 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.$nCall number of original: DS384.D57 2012$w(DLC) 2013316930
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