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Ethnonationalism and Politics in Contemporary South Asia: The West Punjab Factor (Issues in Historiography)

Ethnonationalism and Politics in Contemporary South Asia: The West Punjab Factor (Issues in Historiography)

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Received: 09/02/2024

Accepted: 12/02/2024

Keywords: South Asia; Pakistan; Punjab; historiography; ethnonationalism

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Alina L. Filimonova Ethnonationalism and Politics in Contemporary South Asia: The West Punjab Factor (Issues in Historiography). // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2024. Vol. 68. N 4,68 p.50-72 https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0320-8095-13-68-4-4.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribiution - NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
N 4, 2024
Alina L. Filimonova (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Abstract

The paper discusses issues in the contemporary historiography of the West Punjab region, which now forms the Punjab province of Pakistan. The ethnic specificity of this area has been fully recognized by researchers; however, it is interpreted indifferent ways. To this end, the basic criterion has been the algorithm of “fixing” West Punjab within the general South Asian context. A detailed study of works on Punjabi ethnocultural identity allows us to distinguish two main research approaches: 1) consideration of West Punjab’s peculiarities in view of its ages-old cultural legacy; 2) analysis of its historical path and contemporary place based on the political realities of mid-ХХ–ХХI cc. While the first line of thinking is based on the assumption that West Punjabi culture has been inseparable from that of South Asia, the second one suggests that West Punjab should be considered exclusively as a Muslim-majority area, whose incorporation into Pakistan has been a natural outcome.

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