Questioning Migrants

Ethnic Nationalism at the Limits of Pakistan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), propelled by ethnic violence and led by university students with lower-middle-class backgrounds, transformed the cities of the southern Pakistani province of Sindh into an ethnic majoritarian stronghold at the unlikely height of a military dictatorship. The more novelaspect of the MQM's platform was it demand for the recognition of Muhajirs as a separate, 'oppressed nationality' within Pakistan. Questioning Migrants is a granular historical and ethographic study of the MQM's capacity to think beyond the exlusivism of Muhajir nationalism toward its contingency and toward a more plural and subaltern framing of the universal. It speaks to significant themes in Pakistan Studies: the legacies of Partition, the rise of the martial state, and the dynamics of urbanization and democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-01-23
Mått157 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt521 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSouth Asia in the Social Sciences
Antal sidor220
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009492300

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List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Prelude: 'This is Pakistan'; 1. Regulating the Unthinkable: Violence, Migration and the Making of the State; 2. Concerning Voluntary Migrants; 3. After Hijrat: The Urban and Subjective Terrain of Settlement; 4. The One, Divisible; Part II. Prelude: Ilaqa Ghair – Sensing Urban Violence/Becoming a Nation; 5. The 'Rise' of the MQM: Urban Non-elite Citizens and the Space of Martial Rule; 6. Questioning Muslim Nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'Tahir Naqvi opens up new venues of conceptual and methodological thinking about nationalism, ethnicity, and postcolonial imagination of the 'MQM' as a politics and as a political party in Pakistan. Immersive and thought-provoking, Questioning Migrants is a compelling work to understand the forces shaping modern Pakistani nationalisms and Karachi as a unique megacity in the world.' Manan Ahmed, Columbia University