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1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Migration and Diaspora |
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Studies in migration and diaspora.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Pakistanis 'here' and Pakistanis 'there'; Before and after 9/11; Before and after the Celtic Tiger; The fieldwork in Boston and Dublin; Glancing forward; References; 2. Theorising Pakphobia; Local, national, and international identity challenges; The Others within nations; The Others within religious communities; Being 'here', 'there', and 'nowhere' ; References; 3. 'Terrorism' and the 'immigration problem' |
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Suleman: seeing myth and fear in AmericaAnwar: profiling 'terrorists'; Jabar: encountering racist violence in Dublin; Wazir: confronting ethnic nations; The new 'folk devils'?; References; 4. Cross-cultural navigators and; Ayeen, Haneef, and Hamiz: navigating cultural borderlands; Floating between cultures; Nadeem, Ali, and Muhammed: desh pardesh (or living at home abroad); Hoping for a 'better Pakistan'; Muhammad -- Processing the hostland; Ahmed: belonging nowhere; Identities in transition; References; 5. The 'good Muslim'/'bad Muslim' dichotomy; Haq and Omar: understanding Salafiyya |
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The other SalafiMaliq: bridging Irishness and Sufism; Baraq: surveilling American society; Humayun and Yasir: gay Muslims 'treading on thin ice'; The importance of interfaith and intrafaith dialogue; References; 6. New Pakistani ethnicities; Nabeel: avoiding the ethnic enclave; Sahir: adapting to 'Irish life'; Jasir: avoiding 'pigeonholes'; Babar: leaving options open; Awad: walking the path of 'social nomadism'; Meaning-making and Pakistani identities; References; 7. Why civic values and pluralism matter; Sohail: moving towards interculturalism and cosmopolitanism |
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Fahid: embracing the 'Athens of America'Azum: questioning Irish interculturalism; Azmat: guarding the American civic nation; Azmi: being the 'new Irish'; Promoting inclusive nations; References; 8. Dousing Pakphobia; Instigators of Pakphobia; Religious pluralism, interculturalism, and civic nations; Suggestions for the future; The turning point; References; Glossary; Appendix 1: Interviewees; Appendix 2: Semi-structured interview guide; Appendix 3: Streams of Islam; Index |
| Summary |
"This book explores the Pakistani diaspora in a transatlantic context, enquiring into the ways in which young first- and second-generation Pakistani Muslim and non-Muslim men resist hegemonic identity narratives and respond to their marginalised conditions. Drawing on rich documentary, ethnographic and interview material gathered in Boston and Dublin, Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora introduces the term 'Pakphobia', a dividing line that is set up to define the places that are safe and to distinguish 'us' and 'them' in a Pakistani diasporic context. With a multiple case study design, which accounts for the heterogeneity of Pakistani populations, the author explores the language of fear and how this fear has given rise to a 'politics of fear' whose aim is to distract and divide communities. A rich, cross-national study of one of the largest minority groups in the US and Western Europe, this book will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and geographers with interests in race and ethnicity, migration and diasporic communities."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Pakistani diaspora.
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Pakistanis.
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Muslims -- Non-Islamic countries.
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Islamophobia.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Islamophobia.
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Muslims.
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Pakistani diaspora.
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Pakistanis.
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Non-Islamic countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315462769 |
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1315462761 |
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9781315462776 |
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131546277X |
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