Make me a man! : masculinity, Hinduism, and nationalism in India /
"Make Me a Man! argues that ideas about manhood play a key role in building and sustaining the modern nation. It examines a particular expression of nation and manliness: masculine Hinduism. This ideal, which emerged from India's experience of British imperialism, is characterized by marti...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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| Col·lecció: | SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Accés en línia: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252505 |
Taula de continguts:
- Introduction: constructs of nation and gender
- Empire: Christian manliness and the British gaze
- Nationalism: masculine Hinduism and resisting the British gaze
- Cultural nationalism, masculine Hinduism, and contemporary Hindutva
- In the crucible of Hindutva: women and masculine Hinduism
- Heroic mothers, chaste wives, and celibate warriors: feminist or feminine
- Nationalism in India?