Everyday Nationalism : Women of the Hindu Right in India.
Title:
Everyday Nationalism : Women of the Hindu Right in India.
Author:
Menon, Kalyani Devaki.
ISBN:
9780812202793
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Series:
The Ethnography of Political Violence
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Everyday Histories -- Chapter Two: National Insecurities -- Chapter Three: Violent Dharma -- Chapter Four: Benevolent Hindus -- Chapter Five: Fun, Games, and Deadly Politics -- Chapter Six: Acceptable Transgressions -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
This ethnography analyzes the popularity of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India through examining the everyday acts of women activists, finding that women's ability to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds and the movement's willingness to accommodate a multiplicity of positions are central to understanding its expansionary power.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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