Settlers, Saints and Sovereigns

An Ethnography of State Formation in Western India

AvFarhana Ibrahim

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book is an anthropological study located along India‘s western border with Pakistan. The core arguments are situated within the context of contemporary religious nationalism, communal strife, and border politics in the Indian state of Gujarat. It seeks to understand how, within these contexts, a region becomes a meaningful place for its inhabi

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-25
Mått:138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Asian Studies
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367176266

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Mer om författaren

Farhana Ibrahim is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from Cornell University. Her current research project engages with maritime histories and merchant networks in western India, and she has published articles in journals such as Nomadic Peoples, Economic and Political Weekly and Himal South Asian.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Imagining a Region 2. Migration, Memory, and Affect: Counter-Perspectives to Asmita 3. Defining a Border: Religion, Region, and Nation 4. Pastoralists, Islam, and the State: Religion and Settlement of the Border 5. Settlement, Sovereignty, and History 6. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index