Pakistan's nuclear exclusion : living with Orientalism / Sana Rahim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahim, Sana, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pakistanis--Social conditions.

Pakistanis.

Nuclear physicists--Pakistan--Social conditions.

Nuclear physicists.

Orientalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Developed over six chapters, 'Pakistan's Nuclear Exclusion' provides an account of how orientalism is a lived experience of post-colonial racism, injustice, and inequality amongst members of the nuclear community in Pakistan.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

1. Introduction

Organization of the Book

2. Nuclear Orientalism

Introduction

Pictures of Reason

Dominant Discourses

Nuclear Orientalism: Rational and Irrational States

The Production of Colonial Difference

Conclusion

3. Orientalism-as-Discourse and Orientalism-as-Experience

Methodological Perspectives

Knowledge as Cultural and Political

Consciousness

Interviews and Reflective Practice

4. The Othering of Pakistan: Juvenile, Dangerous, and Manipulative

Juvenility

Dangerous

Manipulation

5. Living with Orientalism

Exclusion in Everyday Life

Making a Career in the Field

Islamophobia Challenges

Technology Denial

Self-Reliance

6. Conclusion

The Puzzle

The Exclusion of Pakistan from the Dominant Discourses

The Experiences of the Pakistani Nuclear Community

The Wider Notion of the Research

Final Thoughts

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Rahim, Sana Pakistan's Nuclear Exclusion

ISBN:

0-19-890218-2

0-19-890216-6

0-19-890217-4

OCLC:

1402756572