Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’: Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality (Religion and Citizenship) - Couverture souple

Livre 1 sur 6: Religion and Citizenship

Kirmani, Nida

 
9781138660090: Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’: Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality (Religion and Citizenship)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1138660094 ISBN 13 : 9781138660090
Editeur : Routledge India, 2016

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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

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Éditeur
Routledge India
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138660094
ISBN 13 
9781138660090
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
246
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ISBN 10 :  0415707803 ISBN 13 :  9780415707800
Editeur : Routledge India, 2013
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