Pakistan and its diaspora : multidisciplinary approaches / / edited by and Marta Bolognani and Stephen M. Lyon.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Lyon, Stephen M.; Bolognani, Marta.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiv, 263 p.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reflections and representations : shifting gazes and the curse of truths / Stephen Lyon and Marta Bolgonani -- The public sphere -- Rang de Basanti in Pakistan : elite student activism, the emergence of a virtual globalised public sphere, and the 2007 emergency / Marta Bolognani -- Revisiting the UK Muslim diasporic public sphere at a time of terror : from local (benign) invisible spaces to seditious conspiratorial spaces and national media dialogue (previously published in South Asian diaspora) / Pnina Werbner -- Kashmir -- Across the fence : belongings and representations between Pakistan and Kashmir / Paul Rollier -- Kashmiris in Britain : a political project or a social reality / Martin Sokefeld and Marta Bolognani -- Religious leadership -- Changing religious leadership in contemporary Pakistan : the case of the Red Mosque / Amelie Blom -- The religious formation and social roles of imams serving the Pakistani diaspora in the UK / Philip Lewis -- Women -- Pakistani women and education : the shifting patterns of ethnicity and class / Marie Lall -- "I really couldn't think of being married, having a family with nothing behind me" : empowerment, education, and British Pakistani women / Jody Mellor -- Conclusion: Being Pakistani beyond Europe and South Asia / Marta Bolognani and Stephen Lyon.