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100 _aSarshar, Saboohi
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245 _aPower and Identity: The Case of Islamabad
260 _bSage,
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300 _aVol 45, Issue 2, 2019 (247-264 p.)
520 _aThis article observes how the concept of power and national identity produced space in 1960’s Islamabad, the new capital city of Pakistan. In World War II’s aftermath, many capital cities emerged which were seen as their nation’s representation by negating or reinforcing ties with sovereign or imperial power. Pakistan is one such nation that gained independence from the British in 1947. Islamabad designed by Constantinos A. Doxiadis in 1959 aimed to construct its identity in a postcolonial paradigm. This article studies the urban layout and pattern of the city and emphasizes the relation of power and identity on its social constructs and making
650 _aIslamabad,
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650 _apower,
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650 _aurban form,
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650 _aidentity,
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650 _apostcolonial
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_dSage, 2019.
_tJournal of urban history
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0096144217702368
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