| Settlers, Saints and Sovereigns: An Ethnography of State Formation in Western India Contributor(s): Ibrahim, Farhana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415445566 ISBN-13: 9780415445566 Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Reference - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 306.09 |
| LCCN: 2008419072 |
| Series: Critical Asian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an anthropological study located along India's western border with Pakistan. The core arguments are situated within the context of contemporary religious nationalism, communal strife, and border politics in the Indian state of Gujarat. It seeks to understand how, within these contexts, a region becomes a meaningful place for its inhabitants and how different peoples relate to locality through time. Theoretically, the book builds on available anthropological literatures on state formation and border politics to interrogate the presumed impermeability of nationalist discourse and territorial boundaries.
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