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The life of a Kashmiri woman : dialectic of resistance and accommodation / Nyla Ali Khan

Khan, Nyla Ali, 1972-

1. ed.

New York, NY [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Online-Ressource (160 p)

Englisch

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Permissions; 1 Introduction: Filiation and Affiliation; 2 Lineage and Coming into Her Own; 3 Political and Social Activism; 4 Perseverance in the Face of Political Persecution; 5 Kashmir Conspiracy Case and World Opinion; 6 Banishment and Trauma; 7 Significance of Alliances and Shifting Balance of Power; 8 Reminiscences of a Granddaughter of the Electoral Battle of 1977; 9 Home and Hearth; 10 End of an Era; 11 I Witness That Faith Is the Legacy of One's Upbringing

12 My Memories of Akbar Jehan: Orator, Parliamentarian, Woman of the Soil13 A House Divided against Itself; Conclusion; Appendix: Reminiscences about Women's Agential Roles or Lack thereof, 1947; Bibliography; Index

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: The Life of a Kashmiri Woman : Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation

978-1-137-46329-6 (PDF); 978-1-137-46328-9 (EPUB)

978-1-137-46563-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 893677331     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1057/9781137463296

DS485.K27 -- .K436 2014eb

954.605092 ; 305.40954     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Abdullah, Mohammad, -- Sheikh, -- 1905-1982 -- Family ; Women -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir -- Biography ; Women -- Political activity -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir

Capturing the history of Kashmir and its cultural and social evolution, Nyla Ali Kahn deconstructs the life of her grandmother and other women of her generation to reconceptualize woman's identity in a politically militarized zone. An academic memoir, this book succinctly brings together the history, politics, and culture of Kashmir. Author Nyla Ali Khan: Nyla Ali Khan is a visiting professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.

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<p >Capturing the history of Kashmir and its cultural and social evolution, Nyla Ali Kahn deconstructs the life of her grandmother and other women of her generation to reconceptualize woman''s identity in a politically militarized zone. An academic memoir, this book succinctly brings together the history, politics, and culture of Kashmir