This book investigates agency in the historical resistance movement in Kashmir by initiating a fresh conversation about Muslim Kashmiri women. It exhibits Muslim women not merely as accidental victims but conscientious agents who choose to operate within the struggles of self-determination. The experience of victimization stimulates women to take control of their lives and press for change. Despite experiencing isolating political conditions, Kashmiri women do not internalize their supposed inferiority. The author shows that women's struggles against patriarchy are at the heart of a very complex historical resistance to the Indian rule.

About the Author
Inshah Malik is a Political Theorist and Gender Studies scholar. She is a former Fox International Fellow at Yale University, USA.

Reviews

"Muslim Kashmiri women's role and agency in politics was not accidental, but historical. ... Kashmiri Muslim women, the governing bodies should give more impetus to education, which will allow women to play a greater role in the transformation of society. The author's praiseworthy research deserves appreciation." (Firdous Hameed Parey, South Asia Research, Vol. 41 (3), 2021)

Book Information
ISBN 9783319953298
Author Inshah Malik
Format Hardback
Page Count 130
Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AG
Publisher Birkhauser Verlag AG