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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मुख्य लेखक: Banerjee, Sikata
स्वरूप: Licensed eBooks
भाषा:अंग्रेज़ी
प्रकाशित: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
श्रृंखला:SUNY series in religious studies.
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252505
विषय - सूची:
  • 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?