Downwardly Global

2017·8.4 MB·English

by  Ameeriar, Lalaie, author

Lalaie Ameeriar
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LALAIE AMEERIAR
Women, Work,
and Citizenship in the
Pakistani Diaspora
Duke University Press Durham and London 1017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ameeriar, Lalaie, author.
Title: Downwardly global:
women, work, and citizenship in the Pakistani diaspora /
Lalaie Ameeriar.
Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 1017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2.016033439 (print)
lccn 2016034172 (ebook)
ISBN 9780822363019 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN 9780822363163 (pbk.: alk. paper)
isbn 9780822373407 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Pakistanis—Canada. |
Women immigrants—Employment—Canada. |
Pakistani diaspora. | Cultural pluralism—Canada.
Classification: LCC F1035.P34 A44 2017 (print) |
lcc F1035.P34 (ebook) | ddc 305.8914/122071—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016033439
COVER ART: Sausan Saulat, Maybe tomorrow / (details). Private collection.
Courtesy of the artist.
Duke University Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the
Heilman Foundation, at the University of California Santa Barbara,
which provided funds toward the publication of this book.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
INTRODUCTION I
ONE. BODIES AND BUREAUCRACIES 25
TWO. PEDAGOGIES OF AFFECT 53
three. SANITIZING CITIZENSHIP 75
FOUR. RACIALIZING SOUTH ASIA 101
five. THE CATASTROPHIC PRESENT 127
CONCLUSION 153
Notes 169 References 181 Index 201