Boundaries of Belonging
Localities, Citizenship and Rights in India and Pakistan
Published on 17. October 2019
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-1-107-19605-6 (ISBN)
Description
The 1947 Partition had a major impact on issues of citizenship and rights in India and Pakistan in the decades that followed. Boundaries of Belonging shows how citizenship evolves at a time of political transition and what this meant for ordinary people, by directing attention away from South Asia's Partition 'hotspots' - Bengal and Punjab - to Partition's 'hinterlands' of Uttar Pradesh and Sindh. The analysis, based on rich archival research and fieldwork, brings out commonalities, differences, and the mutual co-construction of the 'citizen' in both places. It also reveals the way in which developments across the border, such as communal violence, could directly impact on minority rights in its neighbour. Questioning stereotypes of an increasingly 'authoritarian' Pakistan and 'democratic' India, Sarah Ansari and William Gould make a major contribution to recent scholarship that suggests the differences between India and Pakistan are overstated.
Reviews / Votes
'Boundaries of Belonging is an engaging and authoritative study which deserves a wide readership. It addresses everyday meanings of citizenship in the UP and Sindh 'hinterlands' of India's 1947 Partition. The book provides important insights into the common challenges facing India and Pakistan with respect to claims of entitlement to citizenship.' Ian Talbot, University of Southampton 'This book is a major new addition to the growing literature on the idea of citizenship in the postcolonial world. Ansari and Gould have woven a narrative that brings to life political processes and lived social experiences of transitions from colonial subjecthood to republican modes of citizenship, describing in this process what it meant for people to identify as citizens and notions of belonging to the nation-state.' Ali Usman Qasmi, Lahore University of Management Sciences 'The thematically organized chapters innovatively highlight both nations' marginalized groups, including women, landless agricultural laborers, and their respective religious minorities.' M. H. Fisher, ChoiceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Maps; 14 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-19605-6 (9781107196056)
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Sarah Ansari | William Gould
Boundaries of Belonging
Localities, Citizenship and Rights in India and Pakistan
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10/2022
Cambridge University Press
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10/2019
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Persons
Sarah Ansari is Professor of History at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Content
Introduction; 1. 'Performing the State' in post-1947 India and Pakistan; 2. People on the move: refugees and minorities in UP and Sindh; 3. Citizens and the city: from people on the move to the movement of goods; 4. New constitutions, new citizens; 5. Women and differentiated citizenship in post-colonial South Asia; 6. 'Hidden citizens' in 1940s and 50s India and Pakistan; Epilogue and conclusion.