The Legacy of Partition: Violence Against Muslims in Postcolonial India

Authors

  • Mariana Faiad B. Alves Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2446-5240.malala.2017.138679

Keywords:

Partition, Ayodhya, Gujarat, Violence, Muslims

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the violence against Muslims in India as one of the main legacy of the Partition. It will discuss religious, or communal, violence in a double stance, as cause and as consequences of political decisions. It will analyse the politics of the Partition and the role of communal violence in the politics of that period. Thereafter, it will move to an analysis of communal violence as a mechanism in the destruction of the Babri masjid in Ayodhya, and the pogrom of Gujarat as a final appeal on the run for power from Hindu extremists. At last, it will look at the discourses on the representation of the Muslims in contemporary India.

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Author Biography

  • Mariana Faiad B. Alves, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Possui graduação em Antropologia pelo Goldsmiths College, Universidade de Londres, mestrado concluído e doutorado em andamento pelo Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Foi visiting researcher no Institute for Social and Economic Change em Bangalore, Índia (2010) e no Center for Postcolonial Studies da Universidade de Londres (2015). 

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Published

2017-10-03

Issue

v. 5, n. 8 (2017) Os estudos sobre Oriente Médio e mundo muçulmano no Brasil nos últimos 15 Anos (2001 – 2016) II

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

Alves, M. F. B. (2017). The Legacy of Partition: Violence Against Muslims in Postcolonial India. Malala, International Journal of Studies on the Middle East and the Muslim World, 5(8), 36-53. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2446-5240.malala.2017.138679