The Nellie Massacre of 1983 : Agency of Rioters.

The Nellie incident, involving the massacre of about 2,000 Muslim villagers, took place during the antiforeigner movement in Assam, in order to drive out illegal Bangladeshi and Nepali immigrants. Unlike the communal "riots" in the other parts of India from the 1980s to 2000s, this was an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kimura, Makiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.
Colección:Sage studies on India's north east.
Temas:
Massacres > Political activity > India > Assam.
Muslims > India > Assam.
Counterinsurgency > India > Assam.
Massacres > Activité politique > Inde > Assam.
Musulmans > Inde > Assam.
Contre-rébellion > Inde > Assam.
Muslims
Counterinsurgency
Massacres
Muslims > Political activity
India > Assam
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Contents ; List of Illustrations ; List of Abbreviations ; Acknowledgments ; 1
  • Introduction ; 2
  • How to Interpret "Riots": Theories on Collective Violence and the Question of Agency in Contemporary South Asia ; 3
  • Locating the Antiforeigner Movement in the Context of Assamese Nationalism ; 4
  • Election Boycott and the Nellie Incident ; 5
  • Agency of the Rioters: A Study of Decision Making in the Nellie Massacre ; 6
  • Memories of the Massacre ; 7
  • Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

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