Description:
This book provides an analysis of the resettlement and rehabilitation of Partition refugees in Pakistani Punjab between 1947 and 1962. It weaves a chronological and thematic plot into a single narrative and focuses on the Punjabi refugee middle and upper-middle class. The author challenges interpretations of the resettlement of Partition refugees.
Review Quotes:
Elisabetta Iob's Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan is a remarkable and poignant academic narrative that recounts the resettlement and rehabilitation of post-Partition refugees in Punjab, Pakistan after 1947. [... This book] is an intimately written book. Iob presents researchers of Partition with a new historical framework that analyzes refugee integration as impacted upon by emotions. And this contribution makes Iob's research relevant for a larger readership on global migration. [...] Reading the book is very enjoyable and Iob's academic analysis is astute. Deepra Dandekar, H-Soz-Kult, 23.05.2018.