{"product_id":"against-history-against-state","title":"Against History, Against State","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Shail Mayaram\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Permanent Black\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 316\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8178240963\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important new book will interest historians, anthropologists, sociologist, political scientists, and all students of the complex relationships between Hinduism, Islam, and the Indian state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReassessing conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective, Against History, Against State examines how conceptions of history and memory clash. For nearly a millennium, the Meos of north India-one of the largest Muslim populations in south Asia-endured a succession of brutally oppressive regimes, from the Arab conquest in the eighth century through to the establishment of the Turkish sultanate, the Mughal empire, the regional Rajput kingdoms, and the era of British imperialism. Unwilling to abandon their ethnic and religious identity, the Meos developed an independent oral tradition that enabled them to challenge state formation for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy creating an alternative record of their past through songs and stories, the Meos were able to successfully retain a degree of cultural sovereignty. But their quest for autonomy was stigmatized, even criminalized, while histories-written by the literate, ruling elite-transformed ethnic prejudice into historical fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis pioneering study, based on a decade on intensive research, explores the Meo community through their oral tradition, revealing sophisticated modes of collective memory and self-governance. Against history, against State reveals the remarkable complexity and resilience of a transgressive culture  that has survived on the margins of Hinduism and Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMayaram’s book represents the voice of a people not otherwise visible in the written record. Her greatest achievement is constructing a subjective history of the State, Mayaram’s careful, inventive, and meticulous scholarship is impressive.-Susanne Rudolph, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA significant contribution to studies of subaltern dissent.\u003cbr\u003e-Gananath Obeyesekere, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Transcription and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Making of Meo Marginality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntistate: The Pal Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToward a Critique of Indo-Persian Historiography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImperial State Formation and Resistance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Construction of Meo Criminality: Toward a Critique of Colonial Ethnography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrime, Feud, and Resistance in Early Nineteenth-Century Mewat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Prose and Verse of Rebellion: The Gadar of 1857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKings, peasants, and Bandits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Meo Narratives in Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Shail Mayaram \/ Permanent Black \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153688490352,"sku":"13514","price":56.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/13514.jpg?v=1793912596","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/against-history-against-state","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}