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Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia (Kroc Inst Religion Conflict & Peacebldg)

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Description for Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia (Kroc Inst Religion Conflict & Peacebldg) Paperback. Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity. This volume explores the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). It also addresses the complex roles of Islam and Hinduism. Editor(s): Skidmore, Monique; Lawrence, Patricia. Series: Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrated maps, 19 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.

Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity—in direction and character—for their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.

In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women’s agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed ... Read more

Contributors: Monique Skidmore, Peter van der Veer, Veena Das, Betty Joseph, Yasmin Saikia, Patricia Lawrence, Alexandra Argenti-Pillen, Mangalika de Silva, Ingrid Jordt, and Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268041267
SKU
V9780268041267
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About Monique Skidmore (Ed.)
Monique Skidmore is a Fellow in the Research School of Humanities and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University. She is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century. Patricia Lawrence teaches peace and conflict studies and anthropology at the University of ... Read more

Reviews for Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia (Kroc Inst Religion Conflict & Peacebldg)
“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education “The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in ... Read more

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