Dissenting Counter-Publics in Pakistani Social Media and Café Culture （2025. xiii, 223 S. XIII, 223 p. 4 illus. 210 mm）

Cheema, Munira

SPRINGER, BERLIN; PALGRAVE MACMILLAN（2026/01発売）

SPRINGER, BERLIN; PALGRAVE MACMILLAN（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 196 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783032055217

Description

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This book analyses how anti-state or counterpublics have emerged across mediated and physical spaces to respond to the state-led narrative of Pakistani identity. It aims to trace the rise of counterpublic spheres and anti-establishment discourses across different arenas Twitter, YouTube, and local coffee houses. These spaces, both individually and collectively, offer unprecedented affordances that challenge traditionally immutable subjects such as the use of blasphemy as a political tool, nationalism, and national identity in Muslim contexts. As such, these counterpublic spheres have created opportunities for episodic deliberation on national identity and religion, and on how both shape the individual and collective identity of the Pakistani nation.

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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Patriotism and Islam on social media: how Pakistani publics revisit their allegiance to the state.- Chapter 3: Women March 2020: how shades of Muslim feminisms unfolded between social media and the streets.- Chapter 4: Contemporary feminist activism in Pakistan: the online/ offline continuum.- Chapter 5: Coke Studio Pakistan: Negotiating national identity across the citizenship spectrum while listening to music.- Chapter 6: Under Surveillance: How Podcasting on YouTube Redefines the Media Landscape of Pakistan.- Chapter 7: Locating counter publics in community spaces and cafes.-
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Munira Cheema is Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries in the School of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at the King s College London. Her research interests are at the intersection of cultural studies, politics and media.