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Cityscapes of violence in Karachi : publics and counterpublics

Khan, Nichola

Cityscapes of violence in Karachi : publics and counterpublics / Nichola Khan - Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2017 - 273 p.

1. People all around you : locating Karachi in the poetry of Azra Abbas
2. 1994: political madness, ethics and story making in the Liaquatabad District in Karachi
3. Karachi: A Pashtun city
4. The Sunday fighter: doubts, fears and little secrets of an intermittent combatant
5. Life in a ‘No-go Area’ : experience of marginalization and fear in Lyari
6. ‘our rule’ : the MQM, the Dawat-e-Islami and Mohajir religiosity
7. Prohibition and ‘sharab’ as political protest in Karachi


9780199405664 (hbk)


History--Pakistan--Karachi Politics and government--Political violence--Violence--Social conditions

954.9183 / K5271
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