Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan

This paper looks at the question of partition of British India in 1947 and the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan through an analysis of internationally acclaimed and award-winning Pakistani film Khamosh Pani (silent waters). The paper uses Symbolic Interactionism and Feminist Theory with a cr...

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Autores principales:	Faizullah Jan, Syed Irfan Ashraf, Sayyed Fawad Ali Shah
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Publicado:	IDEA PUBLISHERS 2021
Materias:	partition partition of India gender feminism violence communal violence Social Sciences H Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9fd5abfb242c4d71b80fd7741e7263412021-11-04T15:45:34ZKhamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.22664-8148https://doaj.org/article/9fd5abfb242c4d71b80fd7741e7263412021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ideapublishers.org/index.php/lassij/article/view/207https://doaj.org/toc/2664-8148 This paper looks at the question of partition of British India in 1947 and the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan through an analysis of internationally acclaimed and award-winning Pakistani film Khamosh Pani (silent waters). The paper uses Symbolic Interactionism and Feminist Theory with a critical perspective to establish how the present-day religious extremism in Pakistan has its roots in the colonial history of the country. However, it also highlights the diagnostic inability of Symbolic Interactionism as it smacks of the volunteerism and overlooks how statist and organized institutional power infringes upon socio-political meaning making processes. This paper argues that the film connects the communal nature of pre-partition violence to grassroots contemporary religious extremism in Pakistan to show how the rupture of a village life is the continuation of colonial heritage of communal violence. We argue based on the findings of this study that religious extremism that is manifest in today’s Pakistan is not a break from the past; instead, it is rooted in the colonial history connecting the national Pakistani elite with the regional neo-colonial interests. Faizullah JanSyed Irfan AshrafSayyed Fawad Ali ShahIDEA PUBLISHERSarticlepartitionpartition of Indiagenderfeminismviolencecommunal violenceSocial SciencesHPolitical scienceJENLiberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2021)
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description	This paper looks at the question of partition of British India in 1947 and the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan through an analysis of internationally acclaimed and award-winning Pakistani film Khamosh Pani (silent waters). The paper uses Symbolic Interactionism and Feminist Theory with a critical perspective to establish how the present-day religious extremism in Pakistan has its roots in the colonial history of the country. However, it also highlights the diagnostic inability of Symbolic Interactionism as it smacks of the volunteerism and overlooks how statist and organized institutional power infringes upon socio-political meaning making processes. This paper argues that the film connects the communal nature of pre-partition violence to grassroots contemporary religious extremism in Pakistan to show how the rupture of a village life is the continuation of colonial heritage of communal violence. We argue based on the findings of this study that religious extremism that is manifest in today’s Pakistan is not a break from the past; instead, it is rooted in the colonial history connecting the national Pakistani elite with the regional neo-colonial interests.
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title	Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan
title_short	Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan
title_full	Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan
title_fullStr	Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan
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title_sort	khamosh pani: partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in pakistan
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publishDate	2021
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Khamosh Pani: Partition trauma, gender violence, and religious extremism in Pakistan

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