Under the Drones : : Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands / / Shahzad Bashir, Robert D Crews.
In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate...
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Bashir, Shahzad, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Under the Drones : Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands / Shahzad Bashir, Robert D Crews. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (336 p.) : 9 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Political Struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands -- 2. The Transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border -- 3. Religious Revivalism across the Durand Line -- 4. Taliban, Real and Imagined -- 5. Quandaries of the Afghan Nation -- 6. How Tribal Are the Taliban? -- 7. Ethnic Minorities in Search of Political Consolidation -- 8. Red Mosque -- 9. Madrasa Statistics Don't Support the Myth -- 10. Will Sufi Islam Save Pakistan? -- 11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration -- 12. The Afghan Mediascape -- 13. Women and the Drug Trade in Afghanistan -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and to analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Understanding the complexity of life along the 1,600-mile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan can help America and its European allies realign their priorities in the region to address genuine problems, rather than fabricated ones. This volume explodes Western misunderstandings by revealing a land that abounds with human agency, perpetual innovation, and vibrant complexity. Through the work of historians and social scientists, the thirteen essays here explore the real and imagined presence of the Taliban; the animated sociopolitical identities expressed through traditions like Pakistani truck decoration; Sufism's ambivalent position as an alternative to militancy; the long and contradictory history of Afghan media; and the simultaneous brutality and potential that heroin brings to women in the area. Moving past shifting conceptions of security, the authors expose the West's prevailing perspective on the region as strategic, targeted, and alarmingly dehumanizing. Under the Drones is an essential antidote to contemporary media coverage and military concerns. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020) HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century. bisacsh Crews, Robert D, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY 2012 9783110293715 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET GESCHICHTE, POLITIKWISS., SOZIOLOGIE 2012 9783110288971 ZDB-23-DPS Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674065611 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674064768 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674064768 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674064768.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Political Struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands -- 2. The Transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border -- 3. Religious Revivalism across the Durand Line -- 4. Taliban, Real and Imagined -- 5. Quandaries of the Afghan Nation -- 6. How Tribal Are the Taliban? -- 7. Ethnic Minorities in Search of Political Consolidation -- 8. Red Mosque -- 9. Madrasa Statistics Don't Support the Myth -- 10. Will Sufi Islam Save Pakistan? -- 11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration -- 12. The Afghan Mediascape -- 13. Women and the Drug Trade in Afghanistan -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Political Struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands -- 2. The Transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border -- 3. Religious Revivalism across the Durand Line -- 4. Taliban, Real and Imagined -- 5. Quandaries of the Afghan Nation -- 6. How Tribal Are the Taliban? -- 7. Ethnic Minorities in Search of Political Consolidation -- 8. Red Mosque -- 9. Madrasa Statistics Don't Support the Myth -- 10. Will Sufi Islam Save Pakistan? -- 11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration -- 12. The Afghan Mediascape -- 13. Women and the Drug Trade in Afghanistan -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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