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- catalog abstract ""Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive--it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has mobilized much of the 'migrant' (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence. Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for 'fun.' Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analyses of state formation, nation-building, and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provides an absorbing and important contribution to theoretical debates about political--religious and nationalist--violence. Migrants and Militants brings together two perspectives on political violence. Recent studies on ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism, and religious violence have emphasized processes of identification and purification. Verkaaik combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values. He shows that only through fun and absurdity can a nascent movement transgress the dominant discourse to come of its own. Using these observations, he considers violence as a ludic practice, violence as "martyrdom" and sacrifice, and violence as 'terrorism' and resistance."--Book cover.".
- catalog contributor b13219891.
- catalog coverage "Pakistan Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive--it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has mobilized much of the 'migrant' (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence. Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for 'fun.' Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analyses of state formation, nation-building, and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provides an absorbing and important contribution to theoretical debates about political--religious and nationalist--violence. Migrants and Militants brings together two perspectives on political violence. Recent studies on ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism, and religious violence have emphasized processes of identification and purification. Verkaaik combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values. He shows that only through fun and absurdity can a nascent movement transgress the dominant discourse to come of its own. Using these observations, he considers violence as a ludic practice, violence as "martyrdom" and sacrifice, and violence as 'terrorism' and resistance."--Book cover.".
- catalog description "Ethnicizing Islam -- The Muhajir Qaumi movement -- Pakka Qila -- Fun and violence -- Making martyrs -- Terrorism and the state.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "069111708X (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0691117098 (pb : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton studies in Muslim politics".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Pakistan Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Pakistan.".
- catalog subject "322.4/2/0882971 21".
- catalog subject "DS380.M83 V47 2004".
- catalog subject "Ethnicity Pakistan.".
- catalog subject "Islam and politics Pakistan.".
- catalog subject "Muhajir (Pakistani people) Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "Muhājir Qaumī Mūvmenṭ.".
- catalog subject "Political violence Pakistan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ethnicizing Islam -- The Muhajir Qaumi movement -- Pakka Qila -- Fun and violence -- Making martyrs -- Terrorism and the state.".
- catalog title "Migrants and militants : fun and urban violence in Pakistan / Oskar Verkaaik.".
- catalog type "text".