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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents Uzma Zafar\
 , University of Rochester.In 2018\, the Pakistani Parliament introduced “k
 hwaja sira”&nbsp\;as a legal category of citizenship. In this talk\, Profe
 ssor Zafar follows emergent meanings of being khwaja sira in narratives of
  community development\, human rights legislation and citizenship reforms 
 by the Pakistani state in the context of a new law. How do unconventionall
 y sexed and gendered people make livable a label that has long been crimin
 al? Zafar will discuss negotiations with state-defined narratives of authe
 nticity and an onto-biological performance of identity in its frictional i
 nterplay with state imaginaries of the citizen body.Uzma Zafar is an assis
 tant professor at the Department of Anthropology and Susan B. Anthony Inst
 itute at the University of Rochester\, and an attorney of the High Court o
 f Lahore\, Pakistan. His current book project\, Real Citizens\, Plastic La
 w\, explores citizenship and gender in Pakistan. His writing\, teaching an
 d legal practice draw on an interdisciplinary approach to law and medical 
 anthropology\, concentrating on areas of public health\, citizenship and h
 uman rights in South Asia.
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SUMMARY:Real Citizens\, Plastic Law: Citizenship and Gender in Pakistan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center 
 presents Uzma Zafar\, University of Rochester.</p><div><p>In 2018\, the Pa
 kistani Parliament introduced <em>“k</em><em>hwaja sira”</em>&nbsp\;as a l
 egal category of citizenship. In this talk\, Professor Zafar follows emerg
 ent meanings of being <em>khwaja sira</em> in narratives of community deve
 lopment\, human rights legislation and citizenship reforms by the Pakistan
 i state in the context of a new law. How do unconventionally sexed and gen
 dered people make livable a label that has long been criminal? Zafar will 
 discuss negotiations with state-defined narratives of authenticity and an 
 onto-biological performance of identity in its frictional interplay with s
 tate imaginaries of the citizen body.</p></div><p><strong>Uzma Zafar</stro
 ng> is an assistant professor at the Department of Anthropology and Susan 
 B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester\, and an attorney of t
 he High Court of Lahore\, Pakistan. His current book project\, <em>Real Ci
 tizens\, Plastic La</em>w\, explores citizenship and gender in Pakistan. H
 is writing\, teaching and legal practice draw on an interdisciplinary appr
 oach to law and medical anthropology\, concentrating on areas of public he
 alth\, citizenship and human rights in South Asia.</p>
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