LEADER 02401nam 22003733a 450 001 9910831886303321 005 20230124202408.0 010 $a1-4780-9134-7 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.26530/oapen_625238 035 $a(CKB)5490000000052421 035 $a(OCoLC)987452870 035 $a(ScCtBLL)e0286eec-176b-4551-875d-b100de55fee7 035 $a(EXLCZ)995490000000052421 100 $a20211214i20132017 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBorderland Lives in Northern South Asia$fDavid N. Gellner 210 1$aDurham NC :$cDuke University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 330 $aBorderland Lives in Northern South Asia provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. The collected essays portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Whether discussing Shi'i Muslims striving to be patriotic Indians in the Kashmiri district of Kargil or Bangladeshis living uneasily in an enclave surrounded by Indian territory, the contributors show that state borders in Northern South Asia are complex sites of contestation. India's borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma/Myanmar, China, and Nepal encompass radically different ways of life, a whole spectrum of relationships to the state, and many struggles with urgent identity issues. Taken together, the essays show how, by looking at state-making in diverse, border-related contexts, it is possible to comprehend Northern South Asia's various nation-state projects without relapsing into conventional nationalist accounts. Contributors: Jason Cons, Rosalind Evans, Nicholas Farrelly, David N. Gellner, Radhika Gupta, Sondra L. Hausner, Annu Jalais, Vibha Joshi, Nayanika Mathur, Deepak K. Mishra, Anastasia Piliavsky, Jeevan R. Sharma, Willem van Schendel 606 $aSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial sciences 615 7$aSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social 615 0$aSocial sciences 702 $aGellner$b David N 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831886303321 996 $aBorderland Lives in Northern South Asia$94129936 997 $aUNINA