Save there, eat here
Migrants, households and community identity among Pakhtuns in northern Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4826953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Watkins (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 59-81 |
| Publication date | 2003-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/006996670303700104 |
| OpenAlex | W1963742542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 18 |
The phrase alta gatee, dalta ookhree (save there, eat here) neatly sums up the way in which Pakhtun migrants understand their own and their families' condition. The aim of this article is to understand some aspects of the culture of labour migration from the Pakhtun village of Kohery to the Gulf states. The analysis presented here draws on fieldwork carried in the village of Kohery in Dir district during 1990-93 and in the United Arab Emirates, based on time spent there in 1988 and 1989. The article examines two interrelated themes: the way in which male migrants saved money, and the ways in which these savings were consumed. The analysis is set against two bodies of ethno graphic literature: the ethnographic work on Pakhtuns in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the anthropology of migration and more particularly the slowly growing ethno graphic materials on migration from Asia to the Gulf states
Archaeology · Domestic work · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Identity (music · Sociology · South asia · Work (physics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
Breadwinners and Homemakers
Gender dynamics during Covid-19 and its impact on South Asian women migrants in GCC countries
Violence and precarity
In search of better life
Strengthening whom
Marginal but Modern
Islam as Ideology of Tradition and Change
Migration, patriarchy and ‘modern’ Islam
Cultural ecology
Moving, staying and returning under uncertainty
Where is the Field? The Experience of Migration Viewed through the Prism of Ethnographic Fieldwork
Coping on Women's Backs
Love and elopement in northern Pakistan
Generosity and jealousy
Pukhtun Economy and Society
Newcomers to the world of goods
The Social Life of Things
Money, men and women
Bartered Brides
Ethnography in/of the World System
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Walls Built on Sand
From Transience to Immanence
Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans
Desh-Bidesh
Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans
Veiled Sentiments
Migration, Money and Masculinity in Kerala
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |