LEADER 04788nam 2200877Ia 450 001 9910817620003321 005 20240418023218.0 010 $a0-8122-2234-2 010 $a1-283-89036-4 010 $a0-8122-0279-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202793 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046703 035 $a(OCoLC)794700593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605862 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11433931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605862 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580185 035 $a(PQKB)10009398 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810903 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12345400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810903 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10847414 035 $a(PQKB)11463130 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11968 035 $a(DE-B1597)449137 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938578 035 $a(OCoLC)979580417 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202793 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441660 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576101 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420286 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441660 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046703 100 $a20090505d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEveryday nationalism$b[electronic resource] $ewomen of the Hindu right in India /$fKalyani Devaki Menon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aThe ethnography of political violence 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4196-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote on Transliteration --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Everyday Histories --$tChapter 2. National Insecurities --$tChapter 3. Violent Dharma --$tChapter 4. Benevolent Hindus --$tChapter 5. Fun, Games, and Deadly Politics --$tChapter 6. Acceptable Transgressions --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aHindu nationalism has been responsible for acts of extreme violence against religious minorities and is a dominant force on the sociopolitical landscape of contemporary India. How does such a violent and exclusionary movement recruit supporters? How do members navigate the tensions between the normative prescriptions of such movements and competing ideologies? To understand the expansionary power of Hindu nationalism, Kalyani Menon argues, it is critical to examine the everyday constructions of politics and ideology through which activists garner support at the grassroots level. Based on fieldwork with women in several Hindu nationalist organizations, Menon explores how these activists use gendered constructions of religion, history, national insecurity, and social responsibility to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds. As Hindu nationalism extends its reach to appeal to increasingly diverse groups, she explains, it is forced to acknowledge a multiplicity of positions within the movement. She argues that Hindu nationalism's willingness to accommodate dissonance is central to understanding the popularity of the movement. Everyday Nationalism contends that the Hindu nationalist movement's power to attract and maintain constituencies with incongruous beliefs and practices is key to its growth. The book reveals that the movement's success is facilitated by its ability to become meaningful in people's daily lives, resonating with their constructions of the past, appealing to their fears in the present, presenting itself as the protector of the country's citizens, and inventing traditions through the use of Hindu texts, symbols, and rituals to unite people in a sense of belonging to a nation. 410 0$aEthnography of political violence. 606 $aHindu women$zIndia$zDelhi$xSocial conditions 606 $aHindu women$xPolitical activity$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aNationalism$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aHinduism and politics$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aMuslims$zIndia$zDelhi 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1977- 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aHindu women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aHindu women$xPolitical activity 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aHinduism and politics 615 0$aMuslims 676 $a305.48/6970954 700 $aMenon$b Kalyani Devaki$01599322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817620003321 996 $aEveryday nationalism$93921945 997 $aUNINA