Format:
1 online resource (159 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520914124
Content:
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 broader issues that are vital to the sociology of communities in conflict: the changing meaning of community; the impact of the state on local society; the nature of memory; and the force of neighborly enmity in reshaping power relationships during periods of change. Roy's findings illustrate important theoretical issues in psychology and sociology, and her conclusions will greatly interest students of ethnic/race relations, conflict resolution, the sociology of violence, agrarian society, and South Asia.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- The Cast of Characters -- Introduction -- Part One: Making Trouble -- 1: The Quarrel -- 2: The Decision -- 3: The Riot -- 4: Intervention and Punishment -- 5: Reconciliation and Thereafter -- Part Two: Making Sense -- 6: Lessons of Panipur -- 7: Self and Decision -- 8: Community and Identity -- 9: History and Ideology -- 10: Bringing History Home -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Land Relations in Panipur -- Notes -- Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520083424
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520083424
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=858753