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Chitralekha Zutshi

Kashmir - Oxford OUP 2019 - xvi,193p. - Oxford India short introductions .

Since 1947-48, when India and Pakistan fought their first war over Kashmir, it has been reduced to an endlessly disputed territory. As a result, the people of this region and its rich history are often forgotten. This short introduction untangles the complex issue of Kashmir to help readers understand not just its past, present, and future, but also the sources of the existing misconceptions about it. In lucidly written prose, the author presents a range of ways in which Kashmir has been imagined by its inhabitants and outsiders over the centuries sacred space, homeland, nation, secular symbol, and a Zone of conflict. Kashmir thus emerges in this account as a geographic entity as well as a Composite of multiple ideas and shifting boundaries that were produced in specific historical and political contexts.

ISBN: 9780190121419 0190121416

LCCN: 2020325022

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Politics and government.
India--Jammu and Kashmir
Popular culture
Civilization
Group identity

Dewey Class. No.: 954.6 / CHI/K