Interpreting the Sindhi World: Essays on Society and History

by Michel Boivin (Editor), Matthew Cook

Interpreting the Sindhi World seeks to unite the wide community of scholars who work on Sindh and with Sindhis. The book's interdisciplinary focus is on history and society, and represents a 'snap shot' of contemporary research from different disciplines and locations. Combining
interdisciplinary and multi-local approaches, it describes the diversity of Sindh's 'voices' and raises questions about how they are historically and socio-culturally defined.

Conventional studies of Sindh and Sindhis often bend the region and its people upon themselves to analyze society and history. This collection of essays treats Sindh and its people not as isolated regional entities, but rather entries in a wider socio-cultural and historical web. Sindhis are a
global community and this collection generates new perspectives on them by integrating detailed studies on Pakistan with those from India and the Diaspora. Such an approach contrasts with other writings by celebrating rather than erasing multi-cultural faces from Sindh's human tapestry. By
rethreading unheard socio-cultural and historical voices into understanding Sindh and its people, Interpreting the Sindhi World disputes the vision of Sindhis as a monolithic population in Pakistan.

Genres: Nonfiction

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2011

Reviews

[Siphr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely thorough. When I approached this book, I assumed it was referring to Pakistan's Sindh. Then I learnt that it was also about Sindh pre-partition. I stood corrected yet again towards the end of the book. The book is about Sindh and Sindhis. I would recommended it to anyone who may be interested in the region, culture and historical phases of Sindh. The read is a bit heavy. The start of the book is nice. It dries up like a tumble weed towards the middle, but picks up again towards the end. Happy Reading.