The new Pakistani middle class /

Pakistan's presence in the outside world is dominated by images of religious extremism and violence. These images--and the narratives that interpret them--inform events in the international realm, but they also twist back around to shape local class politics. In The New Pakistani Middle Class,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maqsood, Ammara, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Middle class > Pakistan > Lahore.
Islamic renewal > Pakistan > Lahore.
Renouveau islamique > Pākistān > Lahore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Civilization > Arab influences
Civilization > Western influences
Islamic renewal
Middle class
Pakistan > Civilization > Western influences.
Pakistan > Civilization > Arab influences.
Pakistan
Pakistan > Lahore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Remembering a modern Pakistan
  • Moral rhetoric, modernity, and class
  • Piety and new middle-class life
  • Islam and consumption
  • Conclusion.

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