Territory of Desire: Representing the Valley of KashmirA result of territorial disputes between India and Pakistan since 1947, exacerbated by armed freedom movements since 1989, the ongoing conflict over Kashmir is consistently in the news. Taking a unique multidisciplinary approach, Territory of Desire asks how, and why, Kashmir came to be so intensely desired within Indian, Pakistani, and Kashmiri nationalistic imaginations. |
Contents
The Valley And The Nation | 1 |
The Making of Paradise | 29 |
Hinge Toward Unmaking | 105 |
Poetics of Dispossession | 133 |
Notes | 211 |
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Territory of Desire: Representing the Valley of Kashmir Ananya Jahanara Kabir No preview available - 2009 |
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