Malik Muslim Women, Agency and Resistance Politics

The Case of Kashmir
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-95330-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 130 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Psychology and Our Planet

This book investigates agency in the historical resistance movement in Kashmir by initiating a fresh conversation about Muslim Kashmiri women. It exhibits Muslim women not merely as accidental victims but conscientious agents who choose to operate within the struggles of self-determination. The experience of victimization stimulates women to take control of their lives and press for change. Despite experiencing isolating political conditions, Kashmiri women do not internalize their supposed inferiority. The author shows that women’s struggles against patriarchy are at the heart of a very complex historical resistance to the Indian rule.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malik, Inshah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Muslim Women, Agency and Resistance.- 2. Kashmiri Nationalism: Women, Class and Plebiscite.- 3. Resurgence of Muslim Consciousness and Islamic Liberation Theology.- 4. Militarism, Occupation and the New Women’s Resistance.- 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Inshah Malik is a Political Theorist and Gender Studies scholar. She is a former Fox International Fellow at Yale University, USA.