Everyday Nationalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India

by Kalyani Devaki Menon

Book Overview

Hindu nationalism has been responsible for acts of extreme violence against religious minorities and is a dominant force on the sociopolitical landscape of contemporary India. How does such a violent and exclusionary movement recruit supporters? How do members navigate the tensions between the normative prescriptions of such movements and competing ideologies?

To understand the expansionary power of Hindu nationalism, Kalyani Menon argues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222342
• ISBN13: 9780812222340
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"