Amritsar 1984 - A City Remembers

This book explores the commemoration and remembrance of the traumatic Operation Bluestar through the material and visual memorialization apparent in the shrines and streets of the city of Amritsar in northern India.

List of contents

Introduction: Pasts We Cannot Forget
1. Portrait of a Martyr
2. Seeing Off the Dead
3. Bazaar Divinity
4. Curating the Sacred

About the author

Radhika Chopra is associate professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Delhi.

Summary

This book explores the commemoration and remembrance of the traumatic Operation Bluestar through the material and visual memorialization apparent in the shrines and streets of the city of Amritsar in northern India.

Product details

• Authors: Radhika Chopra, Chopra Radhika
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781498571050
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7105-0
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, RELIGION / Sikhism, Asian History, Violence in society, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Sikhism, Violence and abuse in society, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Asia / South / General