Alternative Indias : writing, nation and communalism /
The debate over whether religious or secular identities provide the most viable model for a wider national identity has been a continuous feature of Indian politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Moreover, in the last thirty years the increasingly communal articulation of popul...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
| Publicat: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2005.
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| Col·lecció: | Cross/cultures ;
82. |
| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=160167 |
| Sumari: | The debate over whether religious or secular identities provide the most viable model for a wider national identity has been a continuous feature of Indian politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Moreover, in the last thirty years the increasingly communal articulation of popular politics and the gradual rise of a constellation of Hindu nationalist parties headed by the BJP has increased the urgency of this debate. While Indian writing in English has fostered a long tradition of political dissent, and has repeatedly questioned ethnocentric, culturally exclusive forms of p. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 238 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423789040 9781423789048 9789401202596 9401202591 9789042019270 9042019271 |
| ISSN: | 0924-1426 ; |