1st Edition

Sectarian Discourse in Punjab A Socio-Cultural Analysis of District Jhang

By Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan Copyright 2027
162 Pages
by Routledge

Shedding new light on sectarianism outside the confines of Pakistan’s sociopolitical context, this novel book recontextualizes religious sectarianism in the country by studying it as a cultural and historical phenomenon. The book examines religious texts and speeches to understand how different religious groups interact and develop, combining historical, phenomenological and dialectical methods... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1 Foundations: History, Literature and Theory

Chapter 2 Sectarian Discourse in Sociocultural Contexts

Chapter 3 Oral Performances and Sectarian Reflexivity

Chapter 4 Textual Sectarian Performance and Re-scripting the Sectarian ‘Other’

Chapter 5 Conclusion

Biography

 Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

"This is a wonderful theory-cum-participatory analysis of functional discourse of sectarian text/oratory, shedding light on subtle socio-cultural relations in religious perspective. It sets a new methodology to understand socio-religious phenomenon in the Pakistani Punjab."

-- Muhammad Shafique, Professor, Department of History and Civilization Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan