Some trouble with cows: making sense of social conflict
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Main Author: Roy, Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©1994
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; The Cast of Characters; Introduction; Part One: Making Trouble; Chapter 1. The Quarrel; Chapter 2. The Decision; Chapter 3. The Riot; Chapter 4. Intervention and Punishment; Chapter 5. Reconciliation and Thereafter; Part Two: Making Sense; Chapter 6. Lessons of Panipur; Chapter 7. Self and Decision; Chapter 8. Community and Identity; Chapter 9. History and Ideology; Chapter 10. Bringing History Home; Appendix A: Chronology; Appendix B: Land Relations in Panipur; Notes; Names and Terms; Bibliography; Index
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 231 pages)
ISBN:0520083415
0520083423
0520914120
0585132186
1280079959
9780520083417
9780520083424
9780520914124
9780585132181
9781280079955

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