Making India hindu: religion, community and the politics of democracy in India / edited by David Ludden

Contributor(s):

Ludden, David [ed]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: Oxford Univ. Press, 2010. New Delhi:Edition: 2nd EdDescription: xxi,: 350 pISBN:

9780195682755

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DDC classification:

320.95409049 MAK

Contents:

Contents:- Introduction 1. Movilizing Hindutva -- 2. Mass Movement or Elite Conspiracy The Puzzle of Hindu Nationalism -- 3. Communal Mobilization and Changing Majority in UP -- 4. Mass Media : Images, Mobilization, and Communalism -- Parts 2. Genealogies of Hindu and muslim, 5.Music, the media, and communal Relations in North India, Past and Present -- 6. Soldier Monks and Militant sadhus -- 7. Imagining Hindurashtra: The Hindu and the Musilm in Bankim Chandra's Wriings -- 8. The Myth of Unity: Colonial and National Narratives -- Part 3. Community and Conflict -- 9. Contesting in Public: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Communalism -- 10. Communalism and Modernity -- 11. Writhing Violence -- 12. Indian Nationalism and the Politics of Hindutva

Summary: Takes a critical look at the mobilizations, genealogies, and interpretive conflicts that have attended efforts to make India Hindu since the rise to power of Hindu political parties since 1980. This work also highlights how Hindutva operates inside India's political mainstream.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	320.95409049 MAK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available		000845
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Contents:-
Introduction
1. Movilizing Hindutva --
2. Mass Movement or Elite Conspiracy The Puzzle of Hindu Nationalism --
3. Communal Mobilization and Changing Majority in UP --
4. Mass Media : Images, Mobilization, and Communalism --
Parts 2. Genealogies of Hindu and muslim,
5.Music, the media, and communal Relations in North India, Past and Present --
6. Soldier Monks and Militant sadhus --
7. Imagining Hindurashtra: The Hindu and the Musilm in Bankim Chandra's Wriings --
8. The Myth of Unity: Colonial and National Narratives --
Part 3. Community and Conflict --
9. Contesting in Public: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Communalism --
10. Communalism and Modernity --
11. Writhing Violence --
12. Indian Nationalism and the Politics of Hindutva

Takes a critical look at the mobilizations, genealogies, and interpretive conflicts that have attended efforts to make India Hindu since the rise to power of Hindu political parties since 1980. This work also highlights how Hindutva operates inside India's political mainstream.

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