Kashmir

Chitralekha Zutshi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2020
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-012141-9 (ISBN)

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This book introduces Kashmir as an idea and a place to general readers. Written in digestible language, it untangles a very complicated topic to help readers understand not just Kashmir's past, present, and future, but also the sources of their misconceptions about it. It thus explains how Kashmir assumed a special place in our imaginations.

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.

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).

Introduction: The Idea of Kashmir vii

1. Kashmir as Sacred Space 1

2. Kashmir as Mulk 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

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	Oxford India Short Introductions Series
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	125 x 185 mm
Gewicht	166 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-012141-6 / 0190121416
ISBN-13	978-0-19-012141-9 / 9780190121419
Zustand	Neuware