| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
List of figures and tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations. Introduction: everyday communalism in Uttar Pradesh -- Communal politics in Uttar Pradesh from independence to the 1990s: a background. Part 1 Eastern Uttar Pradesh: culture political economy, and the new discourse of everyday communalism : Politics, culture, and the political economy of everyday communalism in Eastern UP -- Communal mobilization and riots in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: Mau and Gorakhpur districts. Part 2 Western Uttar Pradesh: political economy of agrarian crisis and the construction of everyday communalism : Agrarian crisis, changing Jat-Muslim relations, and everyday communalism in Western UP -- Communal mobilization and riots in Western Uttar Pradesh: Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts. Conclusion. Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors |
| Summary |
The authors analyse the reasons underlying the resurgence of communalism in the 2000s in Uttar Pradesh (UP) leading to riots in Mau in 2005, Gorakhpur in 2007, and Muzaffarnagar in 2013, but more importantly move beyond riots to analyse the new ways and means whereby communalism in the present phase is being manufactured by the Hindu right. They argue that UP is experiencing a post-Ayodhya phase of communalism markedly different from the late 1980s/early 1990s. The text employs a model of institutionalized everyday communalism whose defining feature is that rather than initiating major, state-wide riots, the strategy of the BJP-RSS currently is to create and sustain constant, low-key communal tension together with frequent, small, low-intensity incidents out of petty everyday issues that institutionalize communalism at the grassroots |
| Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2018 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2019) |
| Subject |
Communalism -- India -- Uttar Pradesh
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Riots -- India -- Uttar Pradesh
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Hinduism and politics -- India -- Uttar Pradesh
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Muslims -- Political activity -- India -- Uttar Pradesh
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Hindutva -- India -- Uttar Pradesh
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Communalism.
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Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
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Hinduism and politics.
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Hindutva.
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Muslims -- Political activity.
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Riots.
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Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
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India -- Uttar Pradesh.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sajjan Kumar, (Political science researcher), author
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| ISBN |
9780199095865 |
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0199095868 |
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