Some Trouble with Cows: Making Sense of Social Conflict - Paperback
by Beth Roy
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520083424ISBN-10:520083423UPC:9780520083424Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Violence in Society, Sociology, AsiaBook Topic:SouthSize:9.40 x 5.84 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.86Product ID:SCHCCDNPNB
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community.
Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of broader issues that are vital to the sociology of communities in conflict: the changing meaning of community; the impact of the state on local society; the nature of memory; and the force of neighborly enmity in reshaping power relationships during periods of change.
Roy's findings illustrate important theoretical issues in psychology and sociology, and her conclusions will greatly interest students of ethnic/race relations, conflict resolution, the sociology of violence, agrarian society, and South Asia.
Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of broader issues that are vital to the sociology of communities in conflict: the changing meaning of community; the impact of the state on local society; the nature of memory; and the force of neighborly enmity in reshaping power relationships during periods of change.
Roy's findings illustrate important theoretical issues in psychology and sociology, and her conclusions will greatly interest students of ethnic/race relations, conflict resolution, the sociology of violence, agrarian society, and South Asia.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520083424ISBN-10:520083423UPC:9780520083424Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Violence in Society, Sociology, AsiaBook Topic:SouthSize:9.40 x 5.84 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.86Product ID:SCHCCDNPNB
Beth Roy lived in India from 1965 to 1972 and has returned frequently. She is the author of Bullock Carts and Motor Bikes (1972) and On a Tree of Trouble: Tribes of India in Crisis (1974). She has a doctorate in sociology and currently lives in San Francisco, where she practices mediation and writes and teaches about communities in conflict.
Publisher: University of California Press
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