Kashmir
Price: 345.00 INR
ISBN:
9780190121419
Publication date:
09/10/2019
Paperback
210 pages
185x125mm
Price: 345.00 INR
ISBN:
9780190121419
Publication date:
09/10/2019
Paperback
210 pages
Chitralekha Zutshi
There has been a crying need for a brief history of Kashmir that also deals with its complicated political situation,This book, in brief, answers questions that have so far been raised about Kashmir
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Chitralekha Zutshi
Description
Since 1947-48, when India and Pakistan fought their first war over Kashmir, it has been reduced to an endlessly disputed territory. As a result, the people of this region and its rich history are often forgotten. This short introduction untangles the complex issue of Kashmir to help readers understand not just its past, present, and future, but also the sources of the existing misconceptions about it.
In lucidly written prose, the author presents a range of ways in which Kashmir has been imagined by its inhabitants and outsiders over the centuries-a sacred space, homeland, nation, secular symbol, and a zone of conflict. Kashmir thus emerges in this account as a geographic entity as well as a composite of multiple ideas and shifting boundaries that were produced in specific historical and political contexts.
About the Author
Chitralekha Zutshi is professor of history at The College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA. She specializes in nationalism, history writing, and political culture in South Asia. Her books include Kashmir: History, Politics, Representation (2018); Kashmirs Contested Pasts: Narratives, Sacred Geographies, and the Historical Imagination (2014); and Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir (2004).
Chitralekha Zutshi
Table of contents
Introduction: The Idea of Kashmirvii
1 Kashmir as Sacred Space 1
2 Kashmir asmulk 29
3 Kashmir as Princely State 46
4 Orientalizing and Nationalizing Kashmir 66
5 Kashmir as Nation 85
6 Fragmented Kashmir 116
7 The Kashmir Insurgency 149
bibliography 172
index 186
About the Author 194
Chitralekha Zutshi
Description
Since 1947-48, when India and Pakistan fought their first war over Kashmir, it has been reduced to an endlessly disputed territory. As a result, the people of this region and its rich history are often forgotten. This short introduction untangles the complex issue of Kashmir to help readers understand not just its past, present, and future, but also the sources of the existing misconceptions about it.
In lucidly written prose, the author presents a range of ways in which Kashmir has been imagined by its inhabitants and outsiders over the centuries-a sacred space, homeland, nation, secular symbol, and a zone of conflict. Kashmir thus emerges in this account as a geographic entity as well as a composite of multiple ideas and shifting boundaries that were produced in specific historical and political contexts.
About the Author
Chitralekha Zutshi is professor of history at The College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA. She specializes in nationalism, history writing, and political culture in South Asia. Her books include Kashmir: History, Politics, Representation (2018); Kashmirs Contested Pasts: Narratives, Sacred Geographies, and the Historical Imagination (2014); and Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir (2004).
Table of contents
Introduction: The Idea of Kashmirvii
1 Kashmir as Sacred Space 1
2 Kashmir asmulk 29
3 Kashmir as Princely State 46
4 Orientalizing and Nationalizing Kashmir 66
5 Kashmir as Nation 85
6 Fragmented Kashmir 116
7 The Kashmir Insurgency 149
bibliography 172
index 186
About the Author 194
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