The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism: Mournings

This article maps the incursion of Hindu nationalism in Orissa, eastern India. It interrogates Hindu cultural dominance and nationalist mobilization as it gains momentum in the state. It speaks to majoritarianism in the context of liberal development, the related apparatus of nation making, mediated...

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Published in:Cultural dynamics 2004-10, Vol.16 (2-3), p.319-372
Main Author: Chatterji, Angana P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopolitics
Caste
Caste Systems
Castes
Christians
Class
Class Relations
Communal violence
Ethnic Relations
Ethnonationalism
Females
Gender
Gender violence
Hindu nationalism
Hindus
India
Minorities
Minority Groups
Muslims
Nationalism
Orissa
Religion
Sex
Tribes
Violence
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Summary:This article maps the incursion of Hindu nationalism in Orissa, eastern India. It interrogates Hindu cultural dominance and nationalist mobilization as it gains momentum in the state. It speaks to majoritarianism in the context of liberal development, the related apparatus of nation making, mediated by issues of religion, caste, class, culture, tribe and gender. The text, as history of a discontinuous present, offers counter-narratives of lives often reduced to ‘lack’ or ‘spectacle’, reciting minority-subaltern claims in rethinking nation, rights and difference.
ISSN:0921-3740
1461-7048
DOI:10.1177/0921374004047753