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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338052903321

Autore

Malik Inshah

Titolo

Muslim Women, Agency and Resistance Politics : The Case of Kashmir / / by Inshah Malik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

9783319953304

3319953303

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Disciplina

305.486971

Soggetti

Identity politics

Religion and politics

Asia - Politics and government

Peace

Politics and war

Economic development

Politics and Gender

Politics and Religion

Asian Politics

Peace and Conflict Studies

Military and Defence Studies

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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