Pnina Werbner, Imagined Diasporas among Manchester Muslims. The Public Performance of Pakistani Transnational Identity Politics

Abstract

"Werbner shows that ultimately, living in the diaspora is a matter of continually negotiating the parameters of minority citizenship. Villains & heroes in a game of honour -- The fables of the blindfolded ox & the blue jackal -- Commemorating the great leader: exemplary personhood & myths of nation -- The clash of aesthetics & the religious imagination -- The satanic verses: allegories of sacred imperfection -- Invoking the Umma -- Being South Asian: fun spaces, cricket & other celebrations -- Multiple diasporas, Imran Khan & humanitarian Islam -- Factionalism & violence: connecting social spaces -- Conclusion: the diasporic public sphere.