1st Edition
Marginalities and Mobilities among India’s Muslims Elusive Citizenship
List of Tables
List of Figures
Author Biographies
Preface
Introduction: The Muslim Question in Contemporary India
Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder S. Jodhka
SECTION I
Development Trajectories
1 Post-Sachar Indian Muslims: Facets of Socio-Economic Decline
Christophe Jaffrelot and Kalaiyarasan A.
2 Islam, Development and Globalization: Transformation of a Traditionalist Muslim Group in Kerala
M. S. Visakh and R. Santhosh
3 Degrees of Disadvantage: Education as Social Equalizer in India’s Labour Market?
Mohd. Sanjeer Alam
SECTION II
Mobile Landscapes
4 Social Mobility Patterns, Opportunities, and Barriers: Muslims in Contemporary India
Divya Vaid
5 In the Middle of the Ocean and Land: Muslims of Mangalore
Shaunna Rodrigues
6 The Old and the New Muslim Middle Class: Classificatory Practices and Social Mobility
Tanweer Fazal
7 Delayed and Depleted: In Search of the Missing Muslim Middle Class in India
Amir Ali
8 Aspirations of Muslim Men in Delhi: Importance of Self-Employment in Jamia Nagar
Aashti Salman
SECTION III
Quest for Citizenship: Marginality, Mobility, and Violence
9 Swan Song: Muslim Musicians in Contemporary Banaras: Stories of Survival and Denial
Zarin Ahmad
10 Indian Muslims and the Ghettoised Economy: The Role of Negative Emotions on Occupational Choices in the Urban Labour Markets
Sumeet Mhaskar
11 From the Bigoted Julaha to the Terrorist: Stigma and Identity in Azamgarh
Manisha Sethi
12 Marginality among Muslims in Kerala: The Case of Marakkayar Community
Salah Punathil
Index
Biography
Tanweer Fazal is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hyderabad, India.
Divya Vaid teaches Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor of Sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
