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082			_a954.6 _bZUT
100			_aZutshi, Chitralekha
245			_aLanguages of belonging : Islam, regional identity, and the making of Kashmir
260			_bPermanent Black, _aRanikhet : _c2003
300			_axvi, 359 p. ; _bill. (some b & w) , _c22 cm
365			_b695.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aDespite its centrality to the political life of India and Pakistan, Kashmir has met with rather perfunctory treatment from historians of South Asia. The few works of history and politics that have appeared on this region, moreover, insist on defining Kashmiri culture, history and identity in terms of the ahistorical concept of Kashmiriyat, or a uniquely Kashmiri cultural identity.". "This book, in contrast, questions the notion of a transcendent cultural uniqueness and Kashmiriyat by returning Kashmir to the mainstream of South Asian historiography. It examines the hundred-year impact of indirect colonial rule on Kashmir's class formation. It looks at the responses of Kashmir's society to social and economic restructuring. It studies the uses made of Kashmir's political elites by the state. It analyses the effect of Islamic discourse on Kashmir's political culture. It shows that while all these historical changes had a profound impact on the political culture of the Kashmir Valley, there is nothing either very inevitable or quite definite about the 'political regionalism' or 'Islamic particularism' of this area.
650			_aMuslim Conference
650			_aKashmiri Pandits
650			_aKashmiri Muslim
650			_aIndian National Congress
650			_aBritish India
650			_aAhmadiyya
650			_aClass formation
650			_aKashmiriyat
942			_2ddc _cBK