Freedom in Captivity: Negotiations of Belonging Along Kashmir's Frontier (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009201612)

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 dur馥 insight into the lives of people residing at the intersections of the biggest states in Asia.

Author: Radhika Gupta
ISBN-10: 1009201611
ISBN-13: 9781009201612
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2023
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 0.79d