Migrants and militants [electronic resource] : fun and urban violence in Pakistan

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서명/저자사항	Migrants and militants [electronic resource]: fun and urban violence in Pakistan / Oskar Verkaaik.
개인저자	Verkaaik, Oskar, author.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2018].
형태사항	1 online resource.
총서사항	Princeton studies in Muslim politics
ISBN	0691187711 9780691187716
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
요약	"Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive--it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has mobilized much of the 'migrant' (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence. Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for 'fun.' Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analyses of state formation, nation-building, and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provides an absorbing and important contribution to theoretical debates about political--religious and nationalist--violence. Migrants and Militants brings together two perspectives on political violence. Recent studies on ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism, and religious violence have emphasized processes of identification and purification. Verkaaik combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values. He shows that only through fun and absurdity can a nascent movement transgress the dominant discourse to come of its own. Using these observations, he considers violence as a ludic practice, violence as "martyrdom" and sacrifice, and violence as 'terrorism' and resistance."--Book cover.
주제명(단체명)	Muhājir Qaumī Mūvmenṭ.
주제명(지명)	Pakistan --Politics and government.
일반주제명	Muhajir (Pakistani people) --Politics and government. Political violence --Pakistan. Islam and politics --Pakistan. Ethnicity --Pakistan. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy.
분류기호(DDC)	322.42
언어	영어
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