The Life of a Kashmiri Woman
Subtitle: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Jun 25, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781137465634
Description: Nyla Ali Khan's subject, Akbar Jehan, was a political activist and the wife of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Kashmiri nationalist and first Muslim Prime Minister of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir. The author employs oral testimonies and relies on written resources to add layers of understanding to the events that shaped the history of Kashmir. In this hybrid of memoir and auto/ biography, the author has also interspersed her memories with descriptions of historical and political events in which Akbar Jehan and her husband were principal political players.
Notes: Source title: The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation