Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan (Asia Society) ISBN13: 9780300154184Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Accompanying the first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this dynamic catalogue provides a groundbreaking look at recent and current trends in Pakistani art. Hanging Fire covers a fascinating range of subjects and media, from installation and video art to sculpture, drawing, and paintings in the Ā“contemporary miniatureā€¯ tradition. Essays by distinguished contributors from a variety of fields, including Salima Hashmi, Pakistani-American sociologist and historian Ayesha…. Read more
Product DescriptionThis collection of essays scrutinizes many aspects of Pakistan’s foreign policy, including their evolving relations with the United States, India, and Afghanistan. Essential to understanding Pakistan’s foreign relations is a focus on Pakistan’s domestic policies. The contributing scholars deftly analyze the following domestic aspects: Pakistan’s developing economy, controversial election process, education system, and local government. This examination of Pakistan’s domestic policy is vital to the understanding of Pakistan’s global political stance. Pakistan on the Brink is an imperative source of scholarship for South Asian, Pakistan Studies, and political scholars. Pakistan on the Brink: Politics, Economics, and…. Read more
Product DescriptionThis book offers a comprehensive study of the dynamics of civil-military relations in Pakistan. It asks how and why the Pakistan military has acquired such a salience in the polity and how it continues to influence decision-making on foreign and security policies and key domestic political, social and economic issues. It also examines the changes within the military, the impact of these changes on its disposition towards the state and society, and the implications for peace and security in nuclearized South Asia. Military, State and Society in…. Read more
Product DescriptionBorn into one of Pakistan’s most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society and educated at the same school as Benazir Bhutto. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a wealthy Muslim, bear him many children and lead a sheltered life of air-conditioned leisure. When she married Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan’s most eminent political figures, she continued to move in the best circles, and learned to keep up the public facade as a glamorous, cultivated wife, and mother of four children. In private, however, the story-book romance rapidly turned sour. Mustafa Khar became violently possessive and jealous, and succeeded in cutting his wife off from the…. Read more
