Questioning the Muslim woman : identity and insecurity in an urban Indian locality /

Kirmani, Nida,

Questioning the Muslim woman : identity and insecurity in an urban Indian locality / Nida Kirmani. - New Delhi ; New York : Routledge, 2013. - xvi, 227 p. : maps ; 22 cm. - Religion and citizenship . - Religion and citizenship .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-219) and index.

1. Locating identities
2. Constructing the locality : a profile of Zakir Nagar
3. Narrating a Muslim Mahol : identity, culture and space
4. History, memory and insecurity
5. Boundary crossings
6. Question the Muslim woman
7. Narrating the gendered self
8. Displacing categories and replacing identities.


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