VLVL2 re Fun and Urban Violence

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[...] 
Migrants and Militants
Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan
Oskar Verkaaik

To read the introduction, please visit:
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7774.html

 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. 

To read the entire book description, go to: 
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7774.html

0-691-11709-8 Paper  $17.95 US and L11.95 
0-691-11708-X Cloth  $55.00 US and L36.95 
232 pages. 4 halftones. 3 maps. 6 x 9. 

Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics 
Dale F. Eickelman and James Piscatori, series editors
[...]

[...] Isaiah's business idea was to set up first one,
eventually a chain, of violence centers, each on the
scale, perhaps, of a small theme park [...]
_Vineland_, p. 19

....and it seems that the US government has co-opted
Isaiah's business plan...


	
		
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