Everyday nationalism
Subtitle: women of the Hindu right in India
By: Kalyani Devaki Menon.
Series: The ethnography of political violence
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780812241969
Subjects: Rashtra Sevika Samiti (Organization); Hindu women -- India -- Delhi -- Social conditions; Hindu women -- India -- Delhi -- Political activity; Nationalism -- India -- Delhi; Hinduism and politics -- India -- Delhi; Muslims -- India -- Delhi; India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
Description: "Everyday Nationalism contends that the Hindu nationalist movement's power to attract and maintain constituencies with incongruous beliefs and practices is key to its growth. The book reveaIs that the movement's success is facilitated by its ability to become meaningful in people's daily lives, resonating with their constructions of the past, appealing to their fears in the present, presenting itself as the protector of the country's citizens, and inventing traditions through the use of Hindu texts, symbols, and rituals to unite people ina sense of belonging to a nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Everyday histories; title: National insecurities; title: Violent dharma; title: Benevolent Hindus; title: Fun, games, and deadly politics; title: Acceptable transgressions.