Questioning the conventional depiction of India as a nation divided between religious communities, Gottschalk shows that individuals living in India have multiple identities, some of which cut across religious boundaries. The stories narrated by villagers living in the northern state of Bihar depict everyday social interactions that transcend the simple divide of Hindu and Muslim.
- ISBN10 0195135148
- ISBN13 9780195135145
- Publish Date 21 December 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 234
- Language English