Description
What does it mean to be a Pakistani? Can it mean more than one thing? And what do others think it means?
Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his culture and heritage through tales of the Pakistanis in his life, A Person of Pakistani Origins is a whirlwind tour of dueling poets, Bollywood films, a bookish auntie who harbors
feminist urges, and a vanishing uncle who reappears miles away.
Thoughtful and generously laced with humor, this book delves deep into Pakistan's eclectic culture, and the humble insanity of everyday life for a person of Pakistani origins. Sardar richly celebrates the importance of where we come from, and of who we become.
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 01/01/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781849049870
ISBN10: 1849049874
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his culture and heritage through tales of the Pakistanis in his life, A Person of Pakistani Origins is a whirlwind tour of dueling poets, Bollywood films, a bookish auntie who harbors
feminist urges, and a vanishing uncle who reappears miles away.
Thoughtful and generously laced with humor, this book delves deep into Pakistan's eclectic culture, and the humble insanity of everyday life for a person of Pakistani origins. Sardar richly celebrates the importance of where we come from, and of who we become.
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 01/01/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781849049870
ISBN10: 1849049874
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
About the Author
Ziauddin Sardar is an award-winning, internationally renowned writer, futurist and cultural critic. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he has also served as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. He is the author of many books, including Desperately Seeking Paradise:
Journeys of a Skeptical Muslim, Reading the Qur'an, and Mecca: The Sacred City. He is editor of the influential quarterly, Critical Muslim.