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Publisher: Journals Gateway
TDR/The Drama Review (2010) 54 (2 (T206)): 18–28.
Published: 01 June 2010
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View articletitled, Performative Interventions in the Body Politic of Pakistan
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In light of the US-led “War on Terror” in which the Pakistani state has and continues to play a pivotal role as a frontline ally, this special section of TDR on Performing Pakistani Politics provides an urgent insight into the role of performance as artivist intervention for a citizenry confronting the tide of rising extremism as well as imperialism.
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Sext of Saudade
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TDR/The Drama Review (2010) 54 (2 (T206)): 51–59.
Published: 01 June 2010
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Sext of Saudade , the precursor to Jihad Against Violence , is a collaboration between a Pakistani American woman and an Italian American woman. The play interrogates the contradictions and corroborations within a butch/femme dynamic informed by various identity markers including gender, sexuality, class, and race.
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Publisher: Journals Gateway
TDR/The Drama Review (2010) 54 (2 (T206)): 29–50.
Published: 01 June 2010
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View articletitled, Hijraism: Jostling for a Third Space in Pakistani Politics
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The tropes of mainstream and peripheral transgendered performers are explored for their playful negotiations in the body politic of Pakistan.
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Jihad Against Violence: A One-Act Play
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TDR/The Drama Review (2010) 54 (2 (T206)): 60–69.
Published: 01 June 2010
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Jihad Against Violence , a collaboration between two Pakistani American women, is a dramatic and poetic depiction of the struggle (emotional, physical, and psychological) against violence of any kind toward women in Pakistani culture.