Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern India
Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern India argues that religious and cultural identities in medieval and early modern India were marked by fluid and constantly shifting relationships rather than by the binary model of opposition that is assumed in so much scholarship. Building on the pioneering work of scholars such as Cynthia Talbot and Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, these chapters seek to understand identity perception through romances, historical documents,...
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Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern India argues that religious and cultural identities in medieval and early modern India were marked by fluid and constantly shifting relationships rather than by the binary model of opposition that is assumed in so much scholarship.
PrefaceIntroduction1Hindus, Muslims, and the Other in Eighteenth-Century India11Fortuitous Convergences and Essential Ambiguities: Transcultural Political Elites in the Medieval Deccan31Surprising Bedfellows: Vaisnava and Shi'a Alliance in Kavi Ariph's 'Tale of Lalmon'55The dharma of Islam and the din of Hinduism: Hindus and Muslims in the Age of Sivaji89Conclusion109Index117About the Editor and Contributors121
\ Intenerario 2G:1, (2005) - Travis L. Smith\ This collection of essays will be extremely useful to scholars seeking specific examples of cases where the Hindu/Muslim binary simply does not work-and given the constant reinforcement for mass media and academic institutions today, such examples are welcome, and worthy of being propagated.\ \
