Women, gender and religious nationalism
"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 or...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Metamorphoses of the political: multidisciplinary approaches
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Hinduism
/ Fundamentalism
/ Hindu woman
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Generals / World
B Collection of essays B Hindu women Political activity (India) B Women Societies and clubs B Nationalism (India) B Nationalism Religious aspects Hinduism |
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009123149 |