Pakistan and Its Diaspora: Multidisciplinary Approaches

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Mirror Crack’d: Shifting Gazes and the Curse of Truths....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Rang de Basanti in Pakistan? Elite Student Activism, the Emergence of a Virtual Globalized Public Sphere, and the 2007 Emergency....Pages 19-42
Revisiting the UK Muslim Diasporic Public Sphere at a Time of Terror: From Local (Benign) Invisible Spaces to Seditious Conspiratorial Spaces and the “Failure of Multiculturalism” Discourse....Pages 43-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Across the Fence: Belongings and Representations between Pakistan and Kashmir....Pages 83-109
Kashmiris in Britain: A Political Project or a Social Reality?....Pages 111-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Changing Religious Leadership in Contemporary Pakistan: The Case of the Red Mosque....Pages 135-168
The Religious Formation and Social Roles of Imams Serving the Pakistani Diaspora in the UK....Pages 169-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Pakistani Women and Education: The Shifting Patterns of Ethnicity and Class....Pages 201-216
“I Really Couldn’t Think of Being Married, Having a Family with Nothing behind Me”: Empowerment, Education, and British Pakistani Women....Pages 217-237
Conclusion: Being Pakistani beyond Europe and South Asia....Pages 239-255
Back Matter....Pages 257-263