Sovereign attachments : masculinity, Muslimness, and affective politics in Pakistan /

"Sovereign Attachments rethinks sovereignty by moving it out of the exclusive domain of geopolitics and legality, and into cultural, religious, and gender studies. Through a close reading of a stunning array of cultural texts produced by the Pakistani state and the Pakistan-based Taliban, Khoja...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Islam.
Masculinity > Political aspects.
Identity politics > Pakistan.
Souveraineté > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Masculinité > Aspect politique.
Politique identitaire > Pākistān.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Identity politics
Masculinity > Political aspects
Politics and government
Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Islam
Pakistan > Politics and government.
Pākistān > Politique et gouvernement.
Pakistan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the public lives of sovereignty
  • Narrating the sovereign : the head of the state
  • Identity, alterity : the soldier-militant dyad
  • Competing sovereigns : the mujahid
  • Subordinated femininities : militant and military women
  • Kinship metaphors : the beti and behan
  • Managing affect : the mourning mother
  • Conclusion : imbricated sovereignties.

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