Remoteness and Modernity

Transformation and Continuity in Northern Pakistan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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A penetrating anthropological inquiry into remote areas as understood by their inhabitants and by the outsiders who encounter themThis groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores the Hunza people’s perceptions of British colonialists, Pakistani state officials, modern-day Westerners, and others, and how the local people used their remote status strategically, ensuring their own interests were served as they engaged with the outside world.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-06-11
Mått156 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt612 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieYale Agrarian Studies Series
Antal sidor280
FörlagYale University Press
ISBN9780300205558

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“In this important work, Hussain provides a comprehensive yet fine-grained picture of the engagement of the region of Hunza with the outside world. I am an admirer of Hussain’s many articles and consider him to be an important younger voice in environmental anthropology and Himalayan ethnohistory.”—William R. Pinch, Professor of History, Wesleyan University, and Associate Editor, History and Theory