TY - BOOK ID - 8657205 TI - Some trouble with cows : making sense of social conflict PY - 1994 SN - 0520083423 0520083415 0520914120 1280079959 9786613520203 0585132186 9780520914124 9780585132181 9780520083424 9781280079955 9780520083417 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Communalism -- Bangladesh. KW - Hindus -- Bangladesh. KW - Muslims -- Bangladesh. KW - Communalism KW - Hindus KW - Muslims KW - South Asia KW - Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East KW - History & Archaeology KW - Mohammedans KW - Moors (People) KW - Moslems KW - Muhammadans KW - Musalmans KW - Mussalmans KW - Mussulmans KW - Mussulmen KW - Religious adherents KW - Islam KW - Hindoos KW - 1950s. KW - agrarian society. KW - analysis. KW - asian history. KW - bangladesh. KW - community. KW - conflict resolution. KW - conflict. KW - distribution of power. KW - ethnicity. KW - first person. KW - hindu. KW - interview. KW - memory. KW - muslim. KW - neighbors. KW - power structure. KW - psychology. KW - race relations. KW - religion. KW - religious studies. KW - revolution. KW - riot. KW - small town. KW - social change. KW - sociology. KW - south asia. KW - true story. KW - violence. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8657205 AB - 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 1950's. 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. ER -