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Gender and radical politics in India : magic moments of Naxalbari (1967-1975) /
The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in 1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and involved a significant section of the contempo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in South Asian history ;
10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in 1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and involved a significant section of the contemporary youth from diverse social strata with a vision of people's revolution. It inspired similar radical movements in other South Asian countries such as Nepal. Arguing that the history and memory of the Naxalbari movement is fraught with varied gendered experiences of political motivation, revolutio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203845950 0203845951 |