Women, gender and religious nationalism / edited by Amrita Basu, Tanika Sarkar.
Contributor(s): Basu, Amrita [editor.] | Sarkar, Tanika [editor.].
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Text Language of document:EnglishSeries: Metamorphoses of the political: multidisciplinary approaches: Publisher: 2022Description: 360 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781009123143.Subject(s): Hindu women -- Political activity -- India | Women -- Societies and clubs | Nationalism -- India | Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- HinduismDDC classification: 305.4869450954 Summary: "This volume studies the ways in which Hindu nationalism is gendered today and juxtaposes the Sangh Parivar's shifting gender notions to the ways in which women's organisations construct their own modes of public and domestic politics. It addresses questions of the present state of organizational and ideological activities of women who belong to the many affiliates of the Sangh, and the extent to which rightwing women's organizations are autonomous and the nature of the influence that they bear upon Sangh policies. The volume provides perspectives from different disciplines and deploys diverse methods and theoretica frameworks. While some chapters provide fine-grained ethnographic analyses, others are historical, literary, and sociological. The chapters describe a range of Hindu nationalist organizations (including the RSS, Hindu Mahasabha, BJP and VHP affiliated groups, as well as those which are not affiliated to any of them) in different regions of the country"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume studies the ways in which Hindu nationalism is gendered today and juxtaposes the Sangh Parivar's shifting gender notions to the ways in which women's organisations construct their own modes of public and domestic politics. It addresses questions of the present state of organizational and ideological activities of women who belong to the many affiliates of the Sangh, and the extent to which rightwing women's organizations are autonomous and the nature of the influence that they bear upon Sangh policies. The volume provides perspectives from different disciplines and deploys diverse methods and theoretica frameworks. While some chapters provide fine-grained ethnographic analyses, others are historical, literary, and sociological. The chapters describe a range of Hindu nationalist organizations (including the RSS, Hindu Mahasabha, BJP and VHP affiliated groups, as well as those which are not affiliated to any of them) in different regions of the country"-- Provided by publisher.
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