An examination of the politics of representation in Hindu nationalism.
'Empowering Visions' explores the role of images and mass media in the Hindu nationalist movement dominating politics in contemporary India.
'Empowering Visions' explores the role of images and mass media in the Hindu nationalist movement dominating politics in contemporary India.
"Popular Western images of Indian women range from the submissive bride behind her veil to the powerful, active women of Indian politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery present a different perspective on women's lives. Focusing on the mundane rather t…
"Popular Western images of Indian women range from the submissive bride behind her veil to the powerful, active women of Indian politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery present a different perspective on women's lives. Focusing on the mundane rather t…
"The political context in which historians of India find themselves today, says Sumit Sarkar, is dominated by the advance of the Hindu Right and globalized forms of capitalism, while the historian's intellectual context is dominated by the marginalization of all varieties of Mar…
Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism.
Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism.
A study of the Hindu nationalist phenomenon, exploring the movement's use of religious symbolism and popular iconography, thereby combining anthropology and political history. It looks at the RSS, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the BJP and the VHP.
Contributed articles on Hindus in India, in relation to other religious communities, chiefly Muslims.
Contributed articles on Hindus in India, in relation to other religious communities, chiefly Muslims.
This is a detailed account of the Hindu nationalist movement in India since the 1920s exploring how rapid changes in the political, social, and economic climate have made India fertile soil for the growth of the primary arm of Hindu nationalism, a paramilitary-style group known …