Composing Violence
The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2023
184 pages
978-1-4780-2429-3 (ISBN)
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Examining the 2002 pogrom in which Hindu mobs attached Muslims in the west Indian state of Gujuarat, Moyukh Chatterjee examines how political violence against minorities catalyzes radical changes in law, public culture, and power.
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Moyukh Chatterjee is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. The Limits of Exposure 1
1. A Minor Reading 34
2. Composing the Archive 56
3. Against the Witness 76
4. Anti-Impunity Activism 93
5. Beyond the Unspeakable 107
Conclusion. Minor, Minorities, Minorization 127
Notes 139
Bibliography 151
Index 163
Introduction. The Limits of Exposure 1
1. A Minor Reading 34
2. Composing the Archive 56
3. Against the Witness 76
4. Anti-Impunity Activism 93
5. Beyond the Unspeakable 107
Conclusion. Minor, Minorities, Minorization 127
Notes 139
Bibliography 151
Index 163
