Rövid leírás:
This edited volume combines academic and journalistic writings on Pakistans literature, non-Muslim life-worlds, and popular culture. The book brings together national and international authors from fields of literary studies, anthropology, and cultural studies to critique solidified imaginings of the nation state.
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Hosszú leírás:
This edited volume combines academic and journalistic writings on Pakistans literature, non-Muslim life-worlds, and popular culture. The book brings together national and international authors from fields of literary studies, anthropology, and cultural studies to critique solidified imaginings of the nation state.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction Jurgen Schaflechner
1. Urdu Debates on Modernity and Modernism in Literature: Alternate Imaginings? Christina Oesterheld
2. Reading between the Postcolonial and Transcultural in Mirza Athar Baig’s ^iGhulām Bāgh Aqsa Ijaz
3. Pulp Fusion: The Art and Politics of Karachi’s Urdu Digests, 1950s-70s Laurent Gayer
4. Religious Minorities: The Heart of an Alternative Narrative Peter Jacob
5. ‘Forced’ Conversion and (Hindu) Women’s Agency in Sindh Jurgen Schaflechner
6. He Takes Care of Me: Interfaith Romantic Relations between Hindus and Muslims in a Karachi Neighbourhood Syeda Quratulain Masood
7. Negotiating a Vernacular Heritage beyond Borders: Visual Representations of Jhulelal between Pakistan and India Michel Boivin
8. From Student Organizations to Ethnic Parties:Sindhi Nationalism during One Unit Julien Levesque
9. Farmers’ Markets in Pakistan: Moral Consumption for Elites? Julia Porting
10. Challenging the Status Quo: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ‘s Populist Politics for a Naya Pakistan Ayesha Asif
Notes on Contributors
Index
