Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia - Zaat/caste Among Muslims

Colonial and Post-Colonial Identity Politics in South Asia analyses the colonial and post-colonial documentation and caste classification among Muslims in India, and will be of interest to scholars of religion, Islam, history, politics and sociology of India.

Sommario

Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Religion, Caste, and Discourses: An Interface; Chapter 3. Colonialism, Enumeration, and Caste Among Muslims; Chapter 4. Muslim Castes in Census of Provincial and Presidency Areas; Chapter 5. Census and Caste Among Muslims in South India; Chapter 6. Colonial Narrative on Muslim Thuggs and Criminal Tribes; Chapter 7. Caste in Ethnographic Studies, Gazetteers, and Administrative Records; Chapter 8. Caste, Reservation, and the Identity Politics: After Independence; Chapter 9. Conclusion; Index

Info autore

Muzaffar Assadi is Professor and the Dean of Faculty of Arts, Department of Studies in Political Science, University of Mysore, Karnataka, India. He is the author of a number of books and reports and has written extensively on communalism, agrarian movement and farmer's suicide, the politics of the state, and identity politics in India.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Muzaffar Assadi, Muzaffar (University of Mysore Assadi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032606668
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260666-8
• Pagine: 250
• Serie: Routledge Studies in South Asian History
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Islam, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, India, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, General and world history, Religion and Politics, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies