National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 War in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction, Cilano Cara

Автор: Bin Ibad Umber
Название: Sufi shrines and the pakistani state
ISBN: 1788311817 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788311816
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sufi shrines became highly contested. Considered deviant and `un-Islamic', they soon fell under government control as part of a state-led strategy to create an `official', more unified, Islamic identity. This book, the first to address the political history of Sufi shrines in Pakistan, explores the various ways in which the postcolonial state went about controlling their activities. Of key significance, Umber Bin Ibad shows, was the `West Pakistan Waqf Properties Ordinance', a governmental decree issued in 1959. Formed when General Ayub Khan assumed the role of Chief Martial Law Administrator, this allowed the state to take over shrines as `waqf property'. According to Islamic law, a waqf, or charitable endowment, had to be used for charitable or religious purposes and the state created a separate Auqaf department to control the finances and activities of all the shrines which were now under a state sponsored waqf system. Focusing on the Punjab - famous for its large number of shrines - the book is based on extensive primary research including newspapers, archival sources, interviews, court records and the official reports of the Auqaf department. At a time when Sufi shrines are being increasingly targeted by Islamist extremists, who view Sufism as heretical, this book sheds light on the shrines' contentious historical relationship with the state. An original contribution to South Asian Studies, the book will also be relevant to scholars of Colonial and Post-Colonial History and Sufism Studies.

Автор: Cilano
Название: National Identities in Pakistan
ISBN: 0415779588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415779586
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: In 1971, a war which took place in Pakistan that resulted in the establishment of two separate countries; East Pakistan became Bangladesh, leaving the remaining four western provinces to comprise a truncated Pakistan. This book examines how literature by those who remained Pakistanis acts as a cultural response to the threat the war posed to a nationalist identity.

Автор: Amy Bauer, Marton Kerekfy
Название: Gyorgy Ligeti`s Cultural Identities
ISBN: 0367232057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367232054
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This collection is the first book devoted to exploring Gyoergy Ligeti`s life and music within the context of his East European roots, revealing his dual identities as both Hungarian national and cosmopolitan modernist.

Название: Gyorgy ligeti`s cultural identities
ISBN: 1472473647 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472473646
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Since Gyorgy Ligeti's death in 2006, there has been a growing acknowledgement of how central he was to the late twentieth-century cultural landscape. This collection is the first book devoted to exploring the composer's life and music within the context of his East European roots, revealing his dual identities as both Hungarian national and cosmopolitan modernist. Contributors explore the artistic and socio-cultural contexts of Ligeti's early works, including composition and music theory; the influence of East European folk music; notions of home and identity; his ambivalent attitude to his Hungarian past and his references to his homeland in his later music. Many of the valuable insights offered are as a result of new research undertaken at the Paul Sacher Foundation, while also drawing on the knowledge of long-time associates such as the composer's assistant, Louise Duchesneau. The contributions as a whole reveal Ligeti's thoroughly cosmopolitan milieu and values, and illuminate why his music continues to inspire new generations of performers, composers and listeners.

Автор: Paul T. V.
Название: The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
ISBN: 0199322236 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199322237
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: This book explores why Pakistan has become such a heavily militarized, ideologically driven state, yet remains deeply insecure, weak, and unable to unite itself or pacify its warring ethnic and religious groups.

Автор: Li Yu
Название: The Carnal Prayer Mat
ISBN: 0824859138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824859138
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In the 300 years since its initial publication, Li Yu`s book has been widely read in China, where it is recognised as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic.

Автор: Nogami Yaeko
Название: Hideyoshi and Riky?
ISBN: 0824867262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824867263
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Nogami Yaeko`s compelling novel of political intrigue in sixteenth-century Japan depicts the intertwined lives of two iconic historical figures. Nogami explores the dynamic politics of conquest, the delicate connections of the human soul, and the power of speech and silence in her elegant psychological portrait of two powerful men.

Автор: Nogami Yaeko
Название: Hideyoshi and Riky?
ISBN: 0824874323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824874322
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Описание: Hideyoshi made a strangled noise, words stifled by his rage. . . . [He] flew down from the dais, the toes of his gold brocade socks flashing over ten green grass mats in a second. Soji’s body was kicked from the corridor like a ball, hitting the stepping stone and rolling into the garden. . . . At the time, Rikyu was still in the tearoom, and knew nothing about it. On his way to see Hideyoshi, to inform him that the tea gathering had concluded successfully, Omura Yuki intercepted him and whispered urgently in his ear. But by that time, Soji’s head was already separated from his torso, lying in the corner of the stone wall."" from Chapter 12Nogami Yaeko’s compelling novel of political intrigue in sixteenth-century Japan depicts the intertwined lives of two iconic historical figures. Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose through the ranks from a common foot soldier to become the military ruler of Japan but struggled to win respect among the cultured nobility. He found both a friend and an invaluable political advisor in Sen no Rikyu, Japan’s most respected tea master. A wealthy merchant in his own right, Rikyu’s talent for tea ceremony propelled him into the ruler’s court. Deftly balancing Hideyoshi’s love of ostentatious display with the ideals of simplicity and rusticity embodied in the way of tea, Rikyu commands respect from loyal students and court nobles alike.As the story opens, the two men are several years into their friendship, and tensions have begun to build. Hideyoshi pursues his quest to unify Japan, and his ego grows with every victory. Rikyu watches his friends exiled and pardoned according to Hideyoshi’s whims and longs for freedom from the excess and intrigue of court life. Nogami explores the dynamic politics of conquest, the delicate connections of the human soul, and the power of speech and silence in her elegant psychological portrait of two powerful men.

Автор: Rajan Soni
Название: Looking for Lakshmi
ISBN: 1868887944 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868887941
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Описание: Rajan Soni weaves together aspects of both his African and Indian inheritance to fashion the tale of his search for his anonymous Indian grandmother, Bibiji, whose legacy is shrouded in silence. The political and spiritual entwine, as the writer traces the shadow of Bibiji through generations of his family dispersed across continents.

Автор: S. Shankar
Название: Ghost in the Tamarind: A Novel
ISBN: 082486722X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824867225
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Who can you love? What do you owe to love and what to the world at large? Such are the questions that drive the story of Ramu, a Brahmin man, and Ponni, a woman of the Dalit ""untouchable"" caste. Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century South India, the novel takes readers from the 1890s village where Ramu`s grandmother grew up to the Emergency years of 1970s Madras.

Автор: Analyn V. Salvador-Amores
Название: Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society, North Luzon, Philippines
ISBN: 9715427057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789715427050
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Описание: Provides an account of contemporary and past tattooing practices among the Kalinga people in Northern Luzon. Based on in-depth fieldwork, the author documents traditional tattooing practices and designs. The book also takes into account the contemporary relevance of tattooing as an aspect of asserting identity as well as a practice that draws tourists into the region.

Автор: S. Shankar
Название: Ghost in the Tamarind: A Novel
ISBN: 0824867211 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824867218
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Описание: Who can you love? What do you owe to love and what to the world at large?Such are the questions that drive the story of Ramu, a Brahmin man, and Ponni, a woman of the Dalit “untouchable” caste. Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century South India, the novel takes readers from the 1890s village where Ramu’s grandmother grew up to the Emergency years of 1970s Madras. Against this sweeping canvas unfolds the drama of Ramu and Ponni’s forbidden love, inescapably intertwined with the great struggle against caste oppression. Caught up in the entanglements of love and politics, the couple risks everything to fight for a better society. Will they succeed?Steeped in history, this memorable inter-caste love story shows ordinary people moved to uncommon courage in their desire to make a difference in a ruthless world.