| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Inaugurating Responsibility; 2 -- Space, time and the stigma of identity; 3 -- Muslim marginality and the experience of violence; 4 -- 'I can harden my heart to bear this': women's words and women's worlds; 5 -- Fissures in a time of crisis; 6 -- Breaching boundaries: experiments in remaking the world; 7 -- Through a dark tunnel: the face of the future; Bibliography; Index; About the author. |
| Summary |
This book is an ethnographic study of Muslim survivors of ethnic strife in Mumbai and two major cities of Gujarat. Based on narratives of and interviews with Muslim men and women, it tries to understand the world and worldviews of those who have seen and lived through one or several violent confrontations and episodes in their lives. Through engagements with these survivors, the book weaves several stories of devastating loss, the painful and never absolute process of recovery, and battles for survival and redress from the state. By giving space to the voices of both women and men, to survivor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Victims of violent crimes -- India -- Gujarat.
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Victims of violent crimes. |
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India -- Gujarat. |
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Victims of violent crimes -- India -- Mumbai.
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India -- Mumbai. |
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Muslims -- Violence against -- India -- Gujarat.
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Muslims. |
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India. |
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Muslims -- Violence against -- India -- Mumbai.
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Ethnic conflict -- India -- Gujarat.
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Ethnic conflict. |
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Ethnic conflict -- India -- Mumbai.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Rowena, 1967- Tremors of violence. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, 2005 9780761934080 (DLC) 2005021040 (OCoLC)61130834 |
| ISBN |
9788132103615 (electronic book) |
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8132103610 (electronic book) |
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9780761934080 (paperback) |
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0761934081 (paperback) |
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0761934081 (paperback) |
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