Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: South Asia in the Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-1-009-49230-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), propelled by ethnic violence and led by university students with lower-middle-class backgrounds, transformed the cities of the southern Pakistani province of Sindh into an ethnic majoritarian stronghold at the unlikely height of a military dictatorship. The more novelaspect of the MQM's platform was it demand for the recognition of Muhajirs as a separate, 'oppressed nationality' within Pakistan. Questioning Migrants is a granular historical and ethographic study of the MQM's capacity to think beyond the exlusivism of Muhajir nationalism toward its contingency and toward a more plural and subaltern framing of the universal. It speaks to significant themes in Pakistan Studies: the legacies of Partition, the rise of the martial state, and the dynamics of urbanization and democracy.
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List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Prelude: 'This is Pakistan'; 1. Regulating the Unthinkable: Violence, Migration and the Making of the State; 2. Concerning Voluntary Migrants; 3. After Hijrat: The Urban and Subjective Terrain of Settlement; 4. The One, Divisible; Part II. Prelude: Ilaqa Ghair – Sensing Urban Violence/Becoming a Nation; 5. The 'Rise' of the MQM: Urban Non-elite Citizens and the Space of Martial Rule; 6. Questioning Muslim Nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
