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Author: Nosheen Ali
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.550kg
ISBN: 9781108497442
ISBN 10: 1108497446
Pages: 325
Publication Date: 19 September 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Delusional States is a theoretically sophisticated book written with courage and conviction. It covers an underwritten and under-analysed part of Pakistan, the Gilgit-Baltistan region. The text brings forward the lives, struggles, and histories of the people of the region and moves away from its folkloric and touristic representations. Beautifully written, at times in poetic prose, through a discussion of love, loyalty, betrayal, and terror, this book emphasizes the resolve of the people who have stood up to the subjugating policies of the post-colonial Pakistani state linked to the expansionist politics of the Empire.' Kamran Asdar Ali, University of Texas, Austin 'Nosheen Ali's book is a bold and provocative ethnography of Gilgit-Baltistan's complex relationship with Pakistan, and the region's centrality to the politics in Kashmir. She foregrounds people's stories and their persistent struggles for love, rights, and belonging, and challenges us to rethink the dominant frames through which Gilgit-Baltistan is imagined and represented. A brilliant rebuttal to dominant claims that glorify Indian and Pakistani nationalisms and hold Kashmir hostage to toxic patriotisms, Ali describes how nation-states can become delusional in their quest for power and territory.' Mona Bhan, DePauw University, Indiana 'Nosheen Ali has made a unique contribution to the study of Pakistan in this powerful book. Using ethnographic data concerning the everyday experience of the Kashmir conflict by the peoples of the country's sensitive Gilgit-Baltistan region, Ali provides fresh insights into the intersections between ethics and politics in Pakistan today. The author's exploration of the importance of the environmental concerns to regional politics and protest is one among many aspects of this remarkable book that will ensure it will be a standard text for years to come.' Magnus Marsden, University of Sussex, Brighton
Author Information
Nosheen Ali teaches at the Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Pakistan. She is the founder of Umang Poetry, a digital humanities archive for documenting contemporary poetic knowledge in South Asia, and Karti Dharti, an alternative learning space for ecological inquiry.
