New subaltern politics : reconceptualizing hegemony and resistance in contemporary India
Nilsen
Roy, SrilaContributor
Roy, SrilaEditor
Nilsen, Alf GunvaldContributor
Nilsen, Alf GunvaldEditor
This title presents a critical dialogue between the conceptual and analytical legacies of Subaltern Studies and the evolving forms of hegemony and resistance in contemporary India. From the struggles of the urban poor in Gujarat to the activism of sexual subalterns in eastern India and the mobilization of artisanal fishing communities in Tamil Nadu, the essays in this volume cover a diverse range of ongoing struggles against dispossession, disenfranchisement, and stigma that are unfolding in neoliberal India.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title presents a critical dialogue between the conceptual and analytical legacies of Subaltern Studies and the evolving forms of hegemony and resistance in contemporary India. From the struggles of the urban poor in Gujarat to the activism of sexual subalterns in eastern India and the mobilization of artisanal fishing communities in Tamil Nadu, the essays in this volume cover a diverse range of ongoing struggles against dispossession, disenfranchisement, and stigma that are unfolding in neoliberal India.
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Caste
Social stratification
Social movements
Hegemony
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
South Asia