A historical and ethnographic account of a region located on the border of India and Pakistan; the people who live there engage with the specter of war and religious conflict, racial identity, and the processes of modernity through varying performative mo
A historical and ethnographic account of a region located on the border of India and Pakistan; the people who live there engage with the specter of war and religious conflict, racial identity, and the processes of modernity through varying performative mo
Ravina Aggarwal is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Smith College. She is the editor of Into the High Ranges: The Penguin Anthology of Mountain Writings and the editor and translator of Forsaking Paradise: Stories from Ladakh, by Abdul Ghani Sheikh. She was a founding editor of the journal Meridians.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Borders Performed 1 1. Staging Independence Day 21 2. Observing Rituals in the Inner Line Zone 57 3. Screening a Contested Landscape 103 4. Songs of Honor, Lines of Descent 149 5. Border Games 179 Conclusion: Flowing across the Lines 223 Notes 237 References 267 Index 287
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Borders Performed 1 1. Staging Independence Day 21 2. Observing Rituals in the Inner Line Zone 57 3. Screening a Contested Landscape 103 4. Songs of Honor, Lines of Descent 149 5. Border Games 179 Conclusion: Flowing across the Lines 223 Notes 237 References 267 Index 287
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