Muslim Politics in Bihar : Changing Contours.
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| Author / Creator: | Sajjad, Mohammad. |
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| Imprint: | Routledge India, 2014. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13582269 |
| Summary: | <p>This book studies the engagement of various Muslim communities with Bihar politics from colonial times to present-day India. It debunks several myths in highlighting Muslim resistance to the Two-Nation theory, and counters the Isolation Syndrome faced by Muslim communities after Independence. Using rare archival sources and hitherto unexamined Urdu texts, this book offers a nuanced exploration of complex themes such as the struggle against Bengali hegemony, communalism, regionalism and alienation before Independence, recent language politics, the political assertion of low-caste Muslims in current Bihar, as well as their quest for social and gender justice. <p>An important contribution to the study of South Asian Islam, this book will interest students and scholars of modern Indian history, politics, sociology, religion, gender, and minority studies. " |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1322057818 9781322057811 9781317559818 1317559819 9781317559825 1317559827 9781317559801 1317559800 |