Wages of violence : naming and identity in postcolonial Bombay /

When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of intense ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. Wages of Violence is a startling account of how the city's at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: PRINCETON : PRINCETON UNIV Press, 2001.
Temas:
1900-1999
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Politics and government
Social conditions
Politieke cultuur.
Geschichte.
Mumbai (India) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mumbai (India) > Politics and government > 20th century.
India > Mumbai
Bombay.
Bombay (Inde) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Bombay (Inde) > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Proper Name
  • Ch. 1. Deccan Pastoral: The Making of an Ethnohistorical Imagination in Western India
  • Ch. 2. Bombay and the Politics of Urban Desire
  • Ch. 3. "Say with Pride That We Are Hindus": Shiv Sena and Communal Populism
  • Ch. 4. Thane City: The Making of Political Dadaism
  • Ch. 5. Riots, Policing, and Truth Telling in Bombay
  • Ch. 6. In the Muslim Mohalla
  • Ch. 7. Living the Dream: Governance, Graft, and Goons
  • Conclusion. Politics as Permanent Performance.

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