Imagining Afghanistan

ISBN-13: 9781108811767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 263 str.

Nivi (Queen Mary University of London) Manchanda

Opis

An innovative exploration of how colonial interventions in Afghanistan have been made possible through representations of the country as 'backward'.

Recenzje

'… it allows us to look at the historical, political, and social processes around Afghanistan from a new perspective ...' Georgi Asatryan, Pacific Affairs

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The construction of Afghanistan as a discursive regime; 2. A space contested or the 'state' of Afghanistan; 3. The emergency episteme of the 'tribe' in Afghanistan; 4. Framed: portrayals of Afghan women in the popular imaginary; 5. Subversive identities: Afghan masculinities as societal threat; Coda.