Remoteness and Modernity

• Verfasst von: Hussain, Shafqat [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Remoteness and Modernity
• Titelzusatz: Transformation and Continuity in Northern Pakistan
• Verf.angabe: Shafqat Hussain
• Verlagsort: New Haven [u.a.]
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• E-Jahr: 2015
• Jahr: [2015]
• Umfang: XVI, 262 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karte
• Format: 25 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Yale Agrarian Studies Series
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20555-8
• Schlagwörter: (g)Königreich Hunza / (g)Pakistan / (g)Südasien / (s)Historische Geografie / (s)Physische Geografie / (s)Hunzukuc / (s)Sozialer Prozess / (s)Ethnizität / (s)Kultur / (s)Agrargesellschaft
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 817884866

Abstract

"This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores the Hunza people's perceptions of British colonialists, Pakistani state officials, modern-day Westerners, and others, and how the local people used their remote status strategically, ensuring their own interests were served as they engaged with the outside world"--

Abstract

"This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain examines the surprisingly diverse ways the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. He also explores how the Hunza people perceived British colonialists, Pakistani state officials, modern-day Westerners, and others, and how the local people used their remote status strategically, ensuring their own interests were served as they engaged with the outside world"--