This book gives a detailed account of the ‘communal riots’ between Hindus and Muslims in Mumbai in 1992-93. It departs from the historiography of the riot; which assumes that Hindu-Muslim conflict is independent of the participants of the violence. Speaking to and interacting with the residents of Dharavi; the largest shanty town in the city; the authors collected a wide range of narrative accounts of the violence and the procedures of rehabilitation that accompanied the violence. The authors juxtapose these narrative accounts with public documents exploring the role language; work; housing and rehabilitation have on the day-to-day life of people who live with violence.
#2215986 in Books Routledge 2005-12-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 6.00 x .50l; .65 #File Name: 0415314585192 pagesRoutledge
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