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UNINA9910459034203321 |
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Titolo |
Communalism and globalization in South Asia and its diaspora / / edited by Deana Heath and Chandana Mathur |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-86786-4 |
1-136-86787-2 |
1-283-04281-9 |
9786613042811 |
0-203-83705-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HeathDeana |
MathurChandana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communalism - South Asia |
Globalization - South Asia |
South Asians - Foreign countries - Ethnic identity |
Transnationalism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 Communalism and globalization: An opening gambit in a conversation between two literatures; Part II Thinking historically; 2 Beyond communalism: India, Pakistan and the challenge of globalization; 3 Salafi extremism in the Punjab and its transnational impact; 4 Western Hindutva: Hindu nationalism in the United Kingdom and North America; 5 Empire, geo-politics and ethno-nationalisms: Ireland, India and Sri Lanka; Part III Contemporary connections: Problems and possibilities |
6 Pragmatics of the Hindu right: Globalization and the politics of women's organisations in India7 Cinema, nation and communalism in a globalizing Bangladesh; 8 Imrana's rape: Debating Islam and law in contemporary India; 9 Communalism in Sri Lanka: Locating the labour movement; 10 Searching for the greatest Bengali: The BBC and shifting |
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identity categories in South Asia; 11 Religion, diaspora and globalization: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Jama'at-i Islami in the United States; Part IV Theoretical constructions; 12 Islam, gender and the nation: The social life of Bangladeshi fatwas |
13 Kottu.org: Community after communalism14 New directions: Communalism, globalization and governmentality; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Taking as its premise the belief that communalism is not a resurgence of tradition but is instead an inherently modern phenomenon, as well as a product of the fundamental agencies and ideas of modernity, and that globalization is neither a unique nor unprecedented process, this book addresses the question of whether globalization has amplified or muted processes of communalism. It does so through exploring the concurrent histories of communalism and globalization in four South Asian contexts - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - as well as in various diasporic locations, from the ni |
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