Full Description
The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopting a critical ethnographic approach, this book identifies the poetics and politics of fear and violence engendered within Hindu nationalism.
Contents
Introduction Hindu Nation under Seige 'The Muslim' as the Threatening Other Awakening the Hindu Body and the Hindu Mind Awakening the Hindu Body Politic The Awakened Hindu Nation Ayodhya and Gujarat Hindu Nationalism and Politics of (In)Security