Pogrom in Gujarat : Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim violence in India /
In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. "Why do you leave? fight for us!"
- 2. Word and image
- 3. The Gujarat pogrom
- 4. The lack of muslim vulnerability
- 5. Vibrant vegetarian Gujarat
- 6. Ahimsa, Gandhi, and the Angry Hindu
- 7. Split city body
- 8. Heterogeneity and the nation.