Pakistan and Its Diaspora

Multidisciplinary Approaches

  • Marta Bolognani
  • Stephen M. Lyon
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Mirror Crack’d: Shifting Gazes and the Curse of Truths
      Stephen M. Lyon, Marta Bolognani
      Pages 3-16

  3. The Public Sphere

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 17-17
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    2. Rang de Basanti in Pakistan? Elite Student Activism, the Emergence of a Virtual Globalized Public Sphere, and the 2007 Emergency
      Marta Bolognani
      Pages 19-42
    3. Revisiting the UK Muslim Diasporic Public Sphere at a Time of Terror: From Local (Benign) Invisible Spaces to Seditious Conspiratorial Spaces and the “Failure of Multiculturalism” Discourse
      Pnina Werbner
      Pages 43-79

  4. Kashmir

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 81-81
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    2. Across the Fence: Belongings and Representations between Pakistan and Kashmir
      Paul Rollier
      Pages 83-109
    3. Kashmiris in Britain: A Political Project or a Social Reality?
      Martin Sökefeld, Marta Bolognani
      Pages 111-131

  5. Religious Leadership

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 133-133
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    2. Changing Religious Leadership in Contemporary Pakistan: The Case of the Red Mosque
      Amélie Blom
      Pages 135-168
    3. The Religious Formation and Social Roles of Imams Serving the Pakistani Diaspora in the UK
      Philip Lewis
      Pages 169-198

  6. Women

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 199-199
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    2. Pakistani Women and Education: The Shifting Patterns of Ethnicity and Class
      Marie Lall
      Pages 201-216
    3. “I Really Couldn’t Think of Being Married, Having a Family with Nothing behind Me”: Empowerment, Education, and British Pakistani Women
      Jody Mellor
      Pages 217-237
    4. Conclusion: Being Pakistani beyond Europe and South Asia
      Marta Bolognani, Stephen M. Lyon
      Pages 239-255
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 257-263
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

Asia dynamics Europe experience flow landscape leadership nature presentation reflection science and technology truth Volume women

Editors and affiliations

  • Marta Bolognani
    • 1
  • Stephen M. Lyon
    • 2
  1. 1.Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and CitizenshipUniversity of BristolUK
  2. 2.Durham UniversityUK

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