Of occupation and resistance: Writings from Kashmir (Record no. 61515)
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| fixed length control field | 02022nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789383260010 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.6 |
| Item number | OFO |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Of occupation and resistance: Writings from Kashmir |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Tranquebar Press |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 264p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Kashmir, once eulogised by emperors and poets as a land of unparalleled beauty, has today mutated into a deeply troubled space. The post-Partition territorial disputes between India and Pakistan, and the armed freedom movements of 1989 and after, have exposed the Valley to widespread insurgency, and one of the bloodiest, most repressive military occupations in the world; there are more men in uniform and guns in Kashmir than in all of Kabul or Benghazi.<br/><br/>However, beyond the facts of political breakdown, there is a landscape that is deeply personal. Of Occupation and Resistance recognises this, by collating the stories of Kashmiris living under the state oppression – of a schoolgirl coping with the threat of daily ‘crackdowns’; of a gravedigger burying the bodies of maimed youth; of a grief stricken boy protesting with his music; of a distressed photojournalist joining stone throwers; or a mother waiting for her son to return from his enforced disappearance.<br/><br/>Through these accounts of mislaid childhoods and continuous oppression, what emerges most powerfully is the primacy of memory – its capacity to record, enrich, suppress or erase; to gift a fierce world with meaning; to build new lives. Most of all, the narratives remind us that the acts of telling and re-telling, of recalling and forgetting – these are the most potent forms of protest. Against the rallying cries of azadi, and the calls for freedom and justice, Of Occupation and Resistance has a significant place. For, it acts as a map – a guide for those analysing Kashmir, a fraught terrain of desire. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | India |
| -- | Jammu kashmir-history |
| -- | Territorial dispute |
| -- | Pakistan |
| -- | Political condition |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fahad Shaw,Ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 03/08/2021 | 395.00 | 954.6 OFO | 53133 | BK |