Women, Muscular Nationalism and Hinduism in India: Roop Kanwar and the Fire Protests

This article unpacks the manner in which women/womanhood circulates within an uniquely Hindu interpretation of a particular gendered vision of nation that I term ‘muscular nationalism’. Muscular nationalism centres the values of martial prowess, physical strength, moral fortitude and the readiness t...

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Main Author: Banerjee, Sikata (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
In: Totalitarian movements and political religions
Year: 2010, Volume: 11, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 271-287
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