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Description:Drawing on over 20 years of field-level research in rural Uttar Pradesh, these essays challenge Hindutva myths about Muslims in India. Communalist discourses often portray Muslims as 'backward' because of purdah, polygamy, illiteracy, high fertility and low women's status. The authors highlight the falsity and perniciousness of such negative stereotypes. Pointing to the danger of reifying and rigidifying these contrasts between Hindus and Muslims, they draw out parallels and similarities between them, for example in domestic and gender politics, to argue that Muslim women are not especially oppressed. Moreover, these differences that remain are compounded and exaggerated by Muslims' minority position in India and their marginalisation, for example in relation to health services and to education. These revised and up-dated essays address these general issues through the examples of fertility, women's status, and the obstacles to movements that might redress these problems.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion, Fertility, and Women's Status in India. To get started finding Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion, Fertility, and Women's Status in India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 161

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Three Essays Collective

Release: 2006

ISBN: 8188789380

Description: Drawing on over 20 years of field-level research in rural Uttar Pradesh, these essays challenge Hindutva myths about Muslims in India. Communalist discourses often portray Muslims as 'backward' because of purdah, polygamy, illiteracy, high fertility and low women's status. The authors highlight the falsity and perniciousness of such negative stereotypes. Pointing to the danger of reifying and rigidifying these contrasts between Hindus and Muslims, they draw out parallels and similarities between them, for example in domestic and gender politics, to argue that Muslim women are not especially oppressed. Moreover, these differences that remain are compounded and exaggerated by Muslims' minority position in India and their marginalisation, for example in relation to health services and to education. These revised and up-dated essays address these general issues through the examples of fertility, women's status, and the obstacles to movements that might redress these problems.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion, Fertility, and Women's Status in India. To get started finding Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion, Fertility, and Women's Status in India, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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