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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Saadia Toor |
ISBN: | 9781783711758 1783711752 9780745329901 074532990X |
OCLC Number: | 1039543494 |
Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (211 Seiten) |
Contents: | Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. Consolidating the Nation-State: East Bengal and the Politics of National Culture3. Post-Partition Literary Politics: The Progressives versus the Nationalists4. Ayub Khan's "Decade of Development" and its Cultural Vicissitudes5. From Bhutto's Authoritarian Populism to Zia's Military Theocracy6. The Long Shadow of Zia: Women, Minorities and the Nation-StateEpilogue: The Neo-liberal Security StateNotesReferencesIndex |
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'A deeply informed study of Pakistan's unfinished journey, marked by the historical suppression of its vibrant Left. Read it, argue over it, and be part of the journey to renew Pakistan' -- Vijay Prashad, author of the The Darker Nations, and co-editor of Dispatches from Pakistan 'Reveals a country that is nothing like the hotbed of Islamic extremism and military dictatorship we read about constantly.This book is a powerful antidote to reactionary stereotypes of Pakistan that dominate academic research and popular media' -- David Ludden, Professor of History, New York University, author of India and South Asia: A Short History Read more...

