Memories in the Service of the Hindu Nation - The Afterlife of the Partition of India (Hardcover)

This book is based on fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork with Partition survivors from west Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province, in Delhi and its surroundings between 2017–18. It locates the global rise of far-right nationalism within globalisation and memories of victimhood. Focussing on Hindu nationalism in India, this book is an important and timely contribution to the literature on South Asian Partition Studies that shows how tragedy begets tragedy. It tries to answer an urgent, provocative but nevertheless necessary question: 'What does it mean to remember the Partition in the time of fascism?' The author shows what makes up cycles of violence by connecting the reinscription of trauma in Partition memories to the self-serving justifications of the contemporary violence of Hindu nationalism. It analyses how the hegemony of Hindu nationalism has structured the narratives of Hindu Partition survivors and recruited them in service of a putative Hindu nation.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Pranav Kohli
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-931868-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	1-00-931868-3
Barcode:	9781009318686

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