Questioning the 'Muslim Woman': Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality - Rilegato

Libro 1 di 6: Religion and Citizenship

Kirmani, Nida

 
9780415707800: Questioning the 'Muslim Woman': Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality
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ISBN 10: 0415707803 ISBN 13: 9780415707800
Casa editrice: Routledge India, 2013

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The marginalisation of Muslims in India has recently been the subject of heated public debate. In these discussions, however, Muslim women are often either overlooked or treated as a homogenous group with a common set of interests. Focusing on the narratives of women living in a predominantly Muslim colony in South Delhi, this book attempts to demonstrate the complexity of their lives and the multiple levels of insecurity they face. Unlike other studies on Indian Muslims that focus on Islam as a defining factor, this book highlights the ways in which religious identity intersects with other identities including class/status, regional affiliation and gender.

The author also sheds light on the impact of such events as the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 and the subsequent riots, the Gujarat communal carnage in 2002, and the anti-Sikh violence in New Delhi in 1984, along with the rise of Hindutva, and growing Islamophobia experienced worldwide in the post-9/11 period ― on the articulation of identities at the local level and increasing religion-based spatial segregation in Indian cities. The study highlights how these incidents combine in different ways to increase the sense of marginalisation experienced by Muslims at the level of the locality.

Understanding the need to look beyond preconceived religious categories, this book will serve as essential reading for those interested in sociology, anthropology, gender, religious and urban studies, as well as policymakers and organisations concerned with issues related to religious minorities in India.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Nida Kirmani is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.

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Editore
Routledge India
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415707803
ISBN 13 
9780415707800
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
246
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9781138660090: Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’: Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality (Religion and Citizenship)

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ISBN 10:  1138660094 ISBN 13:  9781138660090
Casa editrice: Routledge India, 2016
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