Departures from Karachi Airport
Some Reflections on Feminist Outrage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4052277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ambreen Hai (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-164 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mer.2004.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W4256494099, W2095170414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Prefatory Note: This essay revisits an experience—my encounter with an airport border control official as I was leaving Pakistan—that occurred in October 2000. At first this otherwise trivial incident seemed to me illustrative of several postcolonial and feminist concerns such as the regulation of national and gender identities at sites of border crossing or the patriarchal oppressiveness of state power and practices. But as I retold the story I began to realize that there were additional dimensions to it that called for something else that required me to re-examine though not altogether repudiate my initial indignation. This encounter then became a cultural text calling for a somewhat different critical analysis leading me to reflect on feminist (and postcolonial) outrage on how we might complicate our gender-based reactions and how such a feminist politics may be responsibly practiced. (Much of this essay was written before September 11 2001. I have not returned to Pakistan since then and can only imagine that airport security has greatly increased.) (excerpt)
Indignation · Media studies · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |