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Migrants and Militants

Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan

Oskar Verkaaik

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik

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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.

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Operation Clean-up, Nationalist Movement, Sexual Preference (book), Khilafat Movement, Popular culture, Religion, Hunger strike, Political party, Ethnic violence, Harijan, Liaquat Ali Khan, Sayyid, Sharia, Endogamy, Ayub Khan (general), Sahib, Talibanization, Sindhis, Politics, Pakistan, Religious violence, Benazir Bhutto, Ethnic group, Authoritarianism, Military dictatorship, Muhammad Iqbal, Mosque, Islamic Modernism, Chowk, Supporter, Distrust, Banditry, Jihadism, Political violence, Modernity, Ideology, Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician), Persecution, Punjabis, Untouchability, Karbala, Militant (Trotskyist group), Pashtuns, Ethnic cleansing, State within a state, Talpur, Islamism, Oppression, Purdah, Anti-Americanism, Martyr, Sexual Desire (book), Bhutto, Refugee, Sufism, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Pakistan Peoples Party, Activism, Islamic fundamentalism, Muhajir people, Superiority (short story), Masculinity, Qawwali, Looting, Islam, Terrorism, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi), Pakistani nationalism, Taliban