Body of Victim, Body of Warrior: Refugee Families and the Making of Kashmiri Jihadists

This book provides a fascinating look at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Basing the book on her long—term fieldwork in the disputed borderlands between Pakistan and India, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson tells the stories of people whose lives and families have been shaped by a long history of political conflict. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, Robinson explains how refuge—seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why...