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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.