| The New Pakistani Middle Class Subjects: Middle class -- Pakistan -- Lahore; Islamic renewal -- Pakistan -- Lahore; Pakistan -- Civilization -- Western influences; Pakistan -- Civilization -- Arab influences; Pakistan's presence in the outside world is dominated by images of religious extremism and violence. These images--and the narratives that interpret them--inform events in the international realm, but they also twist back around to shape local class politics. In The New Pakistani Middle Class , Ammara Maqsood focuses on life in contemporary Lahore, where she unravels these narratives to show how central they are for understanding competition and the quest for identity among middle-class groups. |