Rethinking Conflict At the Margins - Dalits and Borderland Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir

Captures the lives of those living close to the border areas of Jammu and their stories of contesting or reinforcing India-Pakistan boundaries.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Regional diversities and the conflict; 3. Caste, everyday life and conflict politics; 4. Border realities; 5. Contesting the homogenised discourse of religious identities; 6. Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

The author is a sociologist and socio-political analyst. She has been a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge and a Fulbright post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. She also taught at the Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion as Assistant Professor (2013-2016). She is also a co-editor of forthcoming books – Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir being published by Routledge and Life in the Margins: Borderlands in Jammu and Kashmir being published by Orient Blackswan. She hails from the region of Jammu and Kashmir, giving her a unique lived perspective of that region.

Summary

This book departs from the conventional Kashmir-centric analysis of the conflict situation and expands the debate by linking it critically to the aspirations of Jammu region. Rich with narratives, this book talks about the Jammu and Kashmir conflict from the perspective of marginalized Hindu communities of the region.

Product details

• Authors: Mohita Bhatia, Mohita (Stanford University Bhatia, Bhatia Mohita Bhatia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108836029
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83602-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Anthropology, Social interaction, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, India, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social and ethical issues, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Jammu and Kashmir