Muslim portraits : everyday lives in India
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Muslim portraits : everyday lives in India
Indiana University Press, c2008
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Description
Twelve narratives offer portraits of Muslims in India today, recounting their stories, predicaments, aspirations, and the highs and lows of their lives. Intimately told and stripped of jargon, yet nuanced and incisive, these essays portray individuals from many walks of life-men and women, young and old, from various regions of India. Scholars, students, and general readers will welcome this collection and its emphasis on the everyday and on multifaceted social positions and relationships.
Table of Contents
Mukulika Banerjee, Introduction
1. Manuela Ciotti, 'Islam': what is in a name?(Bijnor, U.P.)
2. Lawrence Cohen, M's book (Lucknow, U.P.)
3. Brian Didier, The Alim and the Anthropologist: Rethinking with the Help of an Unlikely Informant (Lakshwadeep)
4. Thomas Blom Hansen, Javeedbhai (Mumbai)
5. Farzana Ibrahim and Ed Simpson, Mohmedhusain: Words, tabloids and the compulsions of the Ahl-e-Hadis (Bhuj, Gujarat)
6. Patricia Jeffery, Aisha, the madrasah teacher (Bijnor, U.P.)
7. Craig Jeffrey, Karate, Computers and Qur'an Sharif: Zamir (Bijnor, U.P.)
8. Aparna Rao, Khatij, A Woman from a Kashmiri Mountain Village (Kashmir)
9. Sylvia Vatuk, Zakira Ghouse (Hyderabad and Chennai)
10. Shail Mayaram, Poor, Untouchable, Muslim and Mirasi: Abdul, the storyteller (Rajasthan)
11. Soumhya Venkatesan, Thalaivar amma: the female leader of Paiyur (Tamilnadu)
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Description
Twelve narratives offer portraits of Muslims in India today, recounting their stories, predicaments, aspirations, and the highs and lows of their lives. Intimately told and stripped of jargon, yet nuanced and incisive, these essays portray individuals from many walks of life-men and women, young and old, from various regions of India. Scholars, students, and general readers will welcome this collection and its emphasis on the everyday and on multifaceted social positions and relationships.
Table of Contents
Mukulika Banerjee, Introduction 1. Manuela Ciotti, 'Islam': what is in a name?(Bijnor, U.P.) 2. Lawrence Cohen, M's book (Lucknow, U.P.) 3. Brian Didier, The Alim and the Anthropologist: Rethinking with the Help of an Unlikely Informant (Lakshwadeep) 4. Thomas Blom Hansen, Javeedbhai (Mumbai) 5. Farzana Ibrahim and Ed Simpson, Mohmedhusain: Words, tabloids and the compulsions of the Ahl-e-Hadis (Bhuj, Gujarat) 6. Patricia Jeffery, Aisha, the madrasah teacher (Bijnor, U.P.) 7. Craig Jeffrey, Karate, Computers and Qur'an Sharif: Zamir (Bijnor, U.P.) 8. Aparna Rao, Khatij, A Woman from a Kashmiri Mountain Village (Kashmir) 9. Sylvia Vatuk, Zakira Ghouse (Hyderabad and Chennai) 10. Shail Mayaram, Poor, Untouchable, Muslim and Mirasi: Abdul, the storyteller (Rajasthan) 11. Soumhya Venkatesan, Thalaivar amma: the female leader of Paiyur (Tamilnadu)
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