{"product_id":"place-and-postcolonial-ecofeminism-shazia-rahman-9781496213419","title":"Place and Postcolonial Ecofeminism: Pakistani Women's Literary and Cinematic Fictions","description":"While news reports about Pakistan tend to cover Taliban attacks and bombings, and academics focus on security issues, the environment often takes a backseat in media reportage and scholarship. In particular, Pakistani women's attachment to their environment and their environmental concerns are almost always ignored. Shazia Rahman traces the ways in which Pakistani women explore alternative, environmental modes of belonging, examines the vitality of place-based identities within Pakistani culture, and thereby contributes to evolving understandings of Pakistani women--in relation to both their environment and to various discourses of nation and patriarchy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through an astute analysis of such works as Sabiha Sumar's \u003ci\u003eKhamosh Pani\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), Mehreen Jabbar's \u003ci\u003eRamchand Pakistani \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), Sorayya Khan's \u003ci\u003eNoor \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), Uzma Aslam Khan's \u003ci\u003eTrespassing\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and Kamila Shamsie's \u003ci\u003eBurnt Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), Rahman illuminates how Pakistani women's creative works portray how people live with one another, deal with their environment, and intuit their relationship with the spiritual. She considers how literary and cinematic documentation of place-based identities simultaneously critiques and counters stereotypes of Pakistan as a country of religious nationalism and oppressive patriarchy. Rahman's analysis discloses fresh perspectives for thinking about the relationship between social and environmental justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shazia Rahman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496213416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496213419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Shazia Rahman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985877270783,"sku":"9781496213419","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_183829a1-6101-4796-aaee-16eca6bbe868.jpg?v=1683280070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/place-and-postcolonial-ecofeminism-shazia-rahman-9781496213419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}