Himika Bhattacharya

Narrating Love and Violence

Women Contesting Caste, Tribe, and State in Lahaul, India

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers an ethnographic exploration of women's stories from the Himalayan valley of Lahaul, in the region of Himachal Pradesh, India, focusing on how both, love and violence emerge (or function) at the intersection of gender, tribe, caste, and the state in India. Himika Bhattacharya shows how state and community discourses about gendered violence serve as proxy for caste in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780813589534
• ISBN-10: 0813589533
• Artikelnr.: 45796632

Autorenporträt

Bhattacharya, Himika

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: From Fieldwork to Lifework Chapter 1. Crossing the Top
Chapter 2. Shades of Wildness
Chapter 3. Storied Lives
Chapter 4. Narrating Love
Chapter 5. Magic Tricks
Chapter 6. Remembering for Love
Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix I: Genealogy of Previous Work Appendix II: First Information Reports Notes Glossary References Index About the Author