Islam, Women, and Violence in Kashmir: Between India and PakistanNyla Ali Khan, the granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, gives an insider's analysis on the political and social turmoil that has eroded the ethos and fabric of Kasmiri culture. She monitors the effects of nationalist, militant, and religious discourses and praxes on a gender-based hierarchy. |
Contents
One Conflicting Political Discourses Partition Plebiscite | |
Two Cultural Syncretism in Kashmir | |
Five Negotiating the Boundaries of Gender Community | |
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