Overview
This book examines the shifting, non-linear relationship between religion, nationalism and politics in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the wake of the revocation of Article 370, the state’s plural and relatively harmonious society has come under multiple strains, with religion often informing day-to-day politics. The chapters in this volume: Trace the formation of the political entity of Jammu and Kashmir and the seemingly secular politics of its three regions Discuss the rise of militancy and resistance movements in the Kashmir Valley Highlight the intersection between everyday life, nationalism and resistance through a study of the literary traditions of Kashmir, contemporary resistance photography and everyday communalism located in the changing food practices of Hindu and Muslim communities Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir will be an indispensable read for students and researchers of religion and politics, democratization and democracy, secularism, sociology, cultural studies and South Asian studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay ,
Mohita Bhatia
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge India
Weight: 0.489kg
ISBN: 9781138307643
ISBN 10: 1138307645
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 20 July 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay is Professor of Comparative Politics and former Provost/Vice-President Academic at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her research interests include identity-based politics, secessionist movements (Kashmir) in South Asia and the politics of subaltern resistance and accommodation in post-colonial societies. Her recent publications include Kashmir Elections: A Precursor to ‘No More Two Flags, Two Constitutions’ (2020); Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms, and Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond Intractability? (2018) and Modi’s Foreign Policy (2017). Mohita Bhatia is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for South Asia, Stanford University, California, USA. She was formerly Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. Her research interests include the ethnography of ethno-national conflicts, migration, refugees and border making. She is the author of Retelling Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir: Marginal Hindu Communities and Politics in Jammu (2020). She has published in journals such as Asian Survey and Economic and Political Weekly.
