Coping with ethnicity in South Asia

Bangladesh, Punjab and Kashmir compared

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2150596
AutoresT N Madan (0000-0002-1698-8258, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume21
Fascículo5
Páginas969-989
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/014198798329757
OpenAlexW1988320246
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas8

In the anthropological and sociological studies of India the terms 'tribe' and 'caste', have been in use for almost two hundred years. The related notions of 'tribalism' and 'casteism' were brought in to replace a static (structural) by a dynamic (organizational, processual) approach. Since the 1970s, 'ethnic group' and 'ethnicity' have gained currency. After defining the terms, three cases of ethnicity are examined, namely East Bengali Muslim, Punjabi Sikh and Kashmiri Muslim. It is argued that, while the first is a success story, the second seems more like a retreat at present, and the third is at best nascent. The reasons for this difference are explored. Ethnicity, it is argued, is not only characterization of identity, but also a set of strategies to establish a new state. This objective is opposed by competing ethnic groups and the existing state. Ethnic movements therefore involve violence and their outcome is dependent upon a variety of factors and therefore contingent

Bengali · Caste · Endogamy · Ethnic group · Kashmiri · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tamil · Tribalism · Tribe · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora