New Lives in Anand : Building a Muslim Hub in Western India /

New Lives in Anand : Building a Muslim Hub in Western India /

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"In 2002 widespread communal violence tore apart hundreds of towns and villages in rural parts of Gujarat, India. In the aftermath, many Muslims living in Hindu-majority villages sought safety in the small town of Anand, some relocating with the financial assistance of their relatives overseas....

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Main Author: Verstappen, Sanderien (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Muslims > Social life and customs.
Muslims > Social conditions.
Ethnic relations.
Gujarat Riots, India, 2002.
Muslims > Violence against > India > Gujarat.
Muslims > India > Ānand > Social life and customs.
Muslims > India > Ānand > Social conditions > 21st century.
India > Gujarat.
India > Ānand.
Ānand (India) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Reorientation in a Post-Violence Landscape
  • Regional Orientations: The Charotar Sunni Vohras
  • Rural-Urban Transitions: From the Village to the Segregated Town
  • Uprooted and at Home: Transnational Routes of (No) Return
  • Getting Around: Middle-class Muslims in a Regional Town
  • Conclusion. New Lives, New Concepts.

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