1st Edition
Gender and Hindu Nationalism Understanding Masculine Hegemony
By Prem Kumar Vijayan
Copyright 2020
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents an innovative approach to gender, nationalism, and the relations between them, and analyses the broader social base of Hindu nationalist organisation to understand the growth of 'Hindutva', or Hindu nationalism, in India. Arguing that Hindu nationalist thought and predilections emerge out of, and, in turn, feed, pre-existing gendered tendencies, the author presents the... Read more
1 Introduction: the myths of India; 2 Towards a theory of masculine hegemony – I: modes of dominance; 3 Towards a theory of masculine hegemony – II: patriarchy as masculine hegemony; 4 The emergence of the Hindu right – I; 5 The emergence of the Hindu right – II; 6 From independence to the Emergency; 7 The present; 8 Of endings and beginnings
Biography
Prem Kumar Vijayan teaches English at Hindu College, Delhi University, India.
