Kashmir's contested pasts : narratives, sacred geographies, and the historical imagination /

This volume explores the idea of Kashmir and the idea of history, and their articulation in tandem within Kashmir's multilingual historical tradition. It illuminates the multiple definitions of Kashmir as a sacred space and polity, and history as a tradition and a set of facts. It reflects on t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Zutshi, Chitralekha
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume explores the idea of Kashmir and the idea of history, and their articulation in tandem within Kashmir's multilingual historical tradition. It illuminates the multiple definitions of Kashmir as a sacred space and polity, and history as a tradition and a set of facts. It reflects on the historical memories and practices that have informed imaginings of Kashmir and its past, and the challenges posed to these ideas in Kashmiri political culture today.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-908495-5
Schlagworte:
Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Historiography.
Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Politics and government.
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