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Militant and Migrant The Politics and Social History of Punjab
By Radhika Chopra
Copyright 2011
176 Pages
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Routledge India
202 Pages
by
Routledge India
176 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book is a study of the transformations in Punjab created by biotechnological revolutions, economic restructuring, persistent migrations, and political upheaval in the late 20th century. The sacred centre at Amritsar, the transnational settlement of Southall and a Doaba village form the terrain for this — three sites that can seen as metonymic spaces of identity that transcend geographic... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Bringing a Field to Focus 2. Commemorating Hurt: Memorialising Operation Bluestar 3. Binocular Disparity: Risky Strategies and Family Plans 4. Sent Away Boys: The 'Ghar Jawai' and the Militant 5. Transacting Asylum: Transnational Communities, Hospitality and Political Asylum 6. Descent to Illegality: Transnational Migrations of Labouring Men. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Radhika Chopra is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.
