Hussain Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-90113-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Kashmir remains one of the world's most militarized areas of dispute, which has been in the grips of an armed insurgency against India since the late 1980s. In existing scholarship, ideas of territoriality, state sovereignty, and national security have dominated the nationalist discourses on the Kashmir conflict. This book, in contrast, places Kashmir and Kashmiris at the centre of historical debate and investigates a broad range of sources to illuminate a century of political players and social structures in contested Kashmir and to reveal Kashmiris' myriad imaginings of 'freedom,' transcending the borders of the nation-states between which the region is partitioned. It contends that the colonial constructs of territorial nationalism and non-negotiable sovereignty have failed to provide stable political structures on the South Asian subcontinent. Instead, the trauma of partition continues to unfold in Kashmir as Kashmiris struggle for dignity and peace.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hussain, Shahla

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Meanings of freedom in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; 2. Freedom, loyalty, belonging: Kashmir in the aftermath of decolonization; 3. Puppet regimes: Collaboration and the political economy of Kashmiri resistance; 4. The politics of plebiscite: Discontent and regional Dissidence; 5. Mapping Kashmiri imaginings of freedom in the inter-regional and global arenas; 6. Jang-i-Azadi (War for freedom): Religion, politics and resistance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Map of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir; Appendix 2: Map of ethnic mix in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Über Autor(innen)

Hussain, Shahla
Shahla Hussain teaches in the Department of History at St. John's University, USA. Her field of specialization is South Asian History and her research focuses on the questions of identity, sovereignty and self-determination in postcolonial South Asia. Her other research interests include migrations, transnationalism and diaspora studies.