1st Edition

Margins of Citizenship Muslim Experiences in Urban India

By Anasua Chatterjee Copyright 2017
202 Pages
by Routledge India

202 Pages
by Routledge India

202 Pages
by Routledge India

Part of the ‘Religion and Citizenship’ series, this book is an ethnographic study of marginality of Muslims in urban India. It explores the realities and consequences of socio-spatial segregation faced by Muslim communities and the various ways in which they negotiate it in the course of their everyday lives. By narrating lived experiences of ordinary Muslims, the author attempts to construct... Read more

Acknowledgements  Introduction 1. Construction of Communal Geographies: Kolkata’s Muslim Neighbourhoods 2. Park Circus: A Profile of a Muslim Neighbourhood 3. Diversities, Differences and Social Relations 4. Local Politics and the Everyday State 5. Economic Life, Aspirations and Social Mobility 6. Exclusion, Insecurity and Confinement: Negotiating Identity in a Muslim Neighbourhood  Conclusion  Bibliography

 

Biography

Anasua Chatterjee teaches Sociology at Miranda House, University of Delhi, and completed her PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Her research interests include political sociology, urban studies and ethnography. Apart from teaching, she is actively engaged in field research.