The production of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India
By: Paul R. Brass
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Delhi; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
Subjects: Communalism; Riots; Hindus; Muslims
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining communal violence; title: Aligarh: politics, population, and social organization; title: Hindu-Muslim violence in India and Aligarh; title: The great Aligarh riots of December 1990 and January 1991; title: The control of communal conflict in Aligarh; title: The geography and demography of riots; title: The economics of riots: economic competition and victimization; title: Riots and elections; title: The practice of communal politics; title: Communalization and polarization: selected constituency-wise results for Aligarh elections; title: Communal solidarity and division at the local level; title: The decline of communal violence and the transformation of electoral competition; title: Riot interpretation, blame displacement, and the communal discourse; title: Police views of Hindu-Muslim violence; title: The role of the media The persistence of Hindu-Muslim violence: the dynamics of riot production.