Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing

The first volume of the series "Media and Cultural Studies" is online -Arbeitsmigration nach Saudi-Arabien und ihre Wahrnehmung in Pakistan by Sebastian Sons. For economic, political and cultural reasons, labor migration to Saudi Arabia is considered a system legitimizing and everyday phenomenon in Pakistan. The kingdom acts as an influential external actor in Pakistan on a (security) political, economic and cultural level. Critical issues related to migration are hardly ever discussed in the Pakistani public and instead are taboo. In recent years, however, new Pakistani public actors from civil society, media and international organizations have begun to challenge this taboo. This book analyzes which media practices and strategies are used to expand limited public spaces in Pakistan to migration by these actors.