LEADER 05074nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910465465803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06476-3 010 $a0-674-06978-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674064768 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082679 035 $a(EBL)3301079 035 $a(OCoLC)794004246 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000694046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405903 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000694046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10669851 035 $a(PQKB)11516369 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301079 035 $a(DE-B1597)178153 035 $a(OCoLC)840442113 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674064768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301079 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568022 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082679 100 $a20111028d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnder the drones$b[electronic resource] $emodern lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands /$fedited by Shahzad Bashir, Robert D. Crews 210 $aCambridge, Massachusetts $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06561-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction / $rBashir, Shahzad / Crews, Robert D. -- $t1. Political Struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands / $rTarzi, Amin -- $t2. The Transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border / $rDorronsoro, Gilles -- $t3. Religious Revivalism across the Durand Line / $rHaroon, Sana -- $t4. Taliban, Real and Imagined / $rCaron, James -- $t5. Quandaries of the Afghan Nation / $rHanifi, Shah Mahmoud -- $t6. How Tribal Are the Taliban? / $rRuttig, Thomas -- $t7. Ethnic Minorities in Search of Political Consolidation / $rRzehak, Lutz -- $t8. Red Mosque / $rDevji, Faisal -- $t9. Madrasa Statistics Don't Support the Myth / $rAndrabi, Tahir / Das, Jishnu / Khwaja, Asim Ijaz -- $t10. Will Sufi Islam Save Pakistan? / $rShaikh, Farzana -- $t11. The Politics of Pashtun and Punjabi Truck Decoration / $rElias, Jamal J. -- $t12. The Afghan Mediascape / $rArbabzadah, Nushin -- $t13. Women and the Drug Trade in Afghanistan / $rNawa, Fariba -- $tEpilogue / $rBashir, Shahzad / Crews, Robert D. -- $tNotes. Recommended Readings. Contributors. Acknowledgments. Index. -- $tNotes -- $tRecommended Readings -- $tContributors -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aIn the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and to analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Understanding the complexity of life along the 1,600-mile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan can help America and its European allies realign their priorities in the region to address genuine problems, rather than fabricated ones. This volume explodes Western misunderstandings by revealing a land that abounds with human agency, perpetual innovation, and vibrant complexity. Through the work of historians and social scientists, the thirteen essays here explore the real and imagined presence of the Taliban; the animated sociopolitical identities expressed through traditions like Pakistani truck decoration; Sufism's ambivalent position as an alternative to militancy; the long and contradictory history of Afghan media; and the simultaneous brutality and potential that heroin brings to women in the area. Moving past shifting conceptions of security, the authors expose the West's prevailing perspective on the region as strategic, targeted, and alarmingly dehumanizing. Under the Drones is an essential antidote to contemporary media coverage and military concerns. 606 $aBorderlands$zAfghanistan 606 $aBorderlands$zPakistan 606 $aIslam and politics$zAfghanistan 606 $aIslam and politics$zPakistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xRelations$zPakistan 607 $aPakistan$xRelations$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xBoundaries$zPakistan 607 $aPakistan$xBoundaries$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xPolitics and government 607 $aPakistan$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBorderlands 615 0$aBorderlands 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aIslam and politics 676 $a958.10471 700 $aBashir$b Shahzad, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01034962 701 $aBashir$b Shahzad$f1968-$01034962 701 $aCrews$b Robert D.$f1970-$0898544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465465803321 996 $aUnder the drones$92454392 997 $aUNINA