Place and Postcolonial Ecofeminism: Pakistani Women's Literary and Cinematic Fictions Contributor(s): Rahman, Shazia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496213416 ISBN-13: 9781496213419 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Media Studies - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
Dewey: 823.920 |
LCCN: 2018042177 |
Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.16 lbs) 246 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: While news reports about Pakistan tend to cover Taliban attacks and bombings, and academics focus on security issues, the environment often takes a backseat in media reportage and scholarship. In particular, Pakistani women's attachment to their environment and their environmental concerns are almost always ignored. Shazia Rahman traces the ways in which Pakistani women explore alternative, environmental modes of belonging, examines the vitality of place-based identities within Pakistani culture, and thereby contributes to evolving understandings of Pakistani women--in relation to both their environment and to various discourses of nation and patriarchy. |