Mixed Legacies in Contested Borderlands

Skardu and the Kashmir Dispute

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3204895
AutoresAntia Mato Bouzas (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen17
Número4
Páginas867-886
Fecha de publicación2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2012.660577
OpenAlexW2062390651
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas5

The article explores the sense of belonging of people from Skardu, a border town located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, a territory administered by Pakistan but which is disputed by India for its being part of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. Neither full Pakistani citizens, nor identifying themselves with Kashmiri nationalism, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan lack of a common sense of belonging. The uncertain future of the territorial entity contributes to this, despite transformations already at work there. By examining the social and material landscape of Skardu town, and therefore using a micro-level perspective, the article aims to address issues of identity and security connected with broader constructed narratives of intrastate or interstate conflict, such as the Kashmir dispute within the wider geopolitical imaginary of India–Pakistan rivalry

China · Geography · Geopolitics · Kashmiri · Narrative · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rivalry · Sociology · Territorial dispute · The Imaginary · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies