Dying to serve : Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army (Record no. 65574)
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| fixed length control field | 01936nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789697834327 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.2709 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Maria Rashid |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Dying to serve : Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army |
| Statement of responsibility | Maria Rashid |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Lahore |
| Name of publisher | Folio Books |
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 267 Pages |
| Other physical details | 22x14 cm |
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| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Index, Bibliography And Glossary |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "State armies around the world commemorate their fallen soldiers through ceremonies of remembrance and ritual memory-making. But these "spectacles of mourning" are careful manipulations of affect, gendered and structured by the military to both acknowledge lives lost and reinforce its own omnipotence in the lives of its subjects. In Disciplining Narratives of Pain, Maria Rashid examines such practices in the Pakistani army in order to explore the state of modern militarism. She makes the case that the continued thriving of the Pakistani military apparatus is contingent upon its successful repurposing of emotion. Grounding her study in the famed martial district of Chakwal, she draws on ethnographic accounts to show how historical recruitment practices of the colonial army forged lasting cultural narratives about the military's claim on the bodies of its would-be soldiers. Rashid brings the reader through various, mundane facets of the soldier's life (and that of his family), including training, compensatory policies after a family's loss, and military funerals. The emotions of the widows and mothers of dead soldiers are mediated and leveraged to further establish the debt of sacrifice owed by citizens to the Pakistani army. Laying bare this strategy in its lived complexities, Rashid contends, is crucial to understanding and challenging the appeal of the military institution globally"-- Provided by publisher |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes |
| -- | War and society |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2023-06-14 | CRV/213/GPLM | 895.00 | 306.2709 M298D 2022 | 68090 | Books |