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Article’s title: A postcolonial perspective on cultural identity: the Balti people “of” Pakistan
Estelle Dryland, Jawad Syed
Journal: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explore issues of cultural identity of the people of Baltistan and any challenges they face in the nation state of Pakistan. The paper uses a postcolonial lens to offer a review and synthesis of issues of cultural identity of the Balti people of Pakistan. The review demonstrates how the historical and socio‐political context is intertwined with the Balti people’s cultural identity which remains hybrid as well as contextual in its construction. It reveals that while the state of Pakistan has been able to assert its control over the Balti people and the region of Baltistan predominantly through military means, the critical issues of cultural pluralism and the basic human rights of the Balti people have remained generally ignored throughout the 63 years since partition.
Citation:
Dryland, E. and Syed, J. (2011), “A postcolonial perspective on cultural identity: the Balti people “of” Pakistan”, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 41-57.
The full paper can be accessed here:
https://www.emerald.com/edi/article-abstract/30/1/41/113101/A-postcolonial-perspective-on-cultural-identity
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/shl3oo2l3o2bmtd6pgn6n/Dryland-Syed-2011-Baltistan.pd
South Asian Academy of Management 