1st Edition
Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’ Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality
By Nida Kirmani
Copyright 2013
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
246 Pages
by
Routledge India
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The marginalisation of Muslims in India has recently been the subject of heated public debate. In these discussions, however, Muslim women are often either overlooked or treated as a homogenous group with a common set of interests. Focusing on the narratives of women living in a predominantly Muslim colony in South Delhi, this book attempts to demonstrate the complexity of their lives and the... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Locating Identities 2. Constructing the Locality: A Profile of Zakir Nagar 3. Narrating a Muslim Mahol: Identity, Culture and Space 4. History, Memory and Insecurity 5. Boundary Crossings 6. Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’ 7. Narrating the Gendered Self 8. Displacing Categories and Replacing Identities. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Nida Kirmani is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.
