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Freedom in Captivity: Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir's Frontier

Name: Freedom in Captivity: Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir's Frontier
ISBN: 9781009201612

Radhika Gupta

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How do borderland dwellers living along militarised frontiers negotiate regimes of state security and their geopolitical location in everyday life? What might 'freedom' mean to those who do not resist captivity engendered by borders? Focusing on the predicaments of a double-minority, Freedom in Captivity examines the affective attachments, political imaginaries, and ethical claims-making among the Shia Muslims of Kargil. In contrast to calls for freedom in the Kashmir Valley, Shias on the frontiers of Kashmir have sought belonging to India. Yet they do not entirely succumb to its hegemonic ideological boundaries. Departing from the dominant focus on physical cross-border mobility, this book is an invitation to reimagine borderlands as cartographies of ideas, cutting across spatial scales. Based on original ethnographic research conducted between 2008 and 2021, this monograph offers a unique long durée insight into the lives of people residing at the intersections of the biggest states in Asia.

Year:

2023

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

english

Pages:

251

ISBN 10:

1009201611

ISBN 13:

9781009201612