Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation

Book Overview

At more than 150 million people, Muslims are the largest Indian minority but are facing a significant decline in socio-economic as well as political terms--while waves of communal violence have affected them over the last twenty-five years.

In India's cities, these developments find contrasting expressions. While Muslims are lagging behind, local syncretic cultures have proved to be resilient in the South and in the East (Bangalore, Calicut,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199327688
• ISBN13: 9780199327683
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.6"