Shiv Sena women : violence and communalism in a Bombay slum
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Bibliographic Information
Shiv Sena women : violence and communalism in a Bombay slum
Zubaan, 2008
Available at 2 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
ASII||396.1||S2218388330
Note
Originally published in the U.K. by C. Hurst, c2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-216) and index
"For sale in South Asia only"--T.p. verso
Contents of Works
- Urban alienation and the birth of women's 'gangs'
- The Mumbai riots and women's agency in violence
- Mobilisation and organisation
- Sena boys and 'survival'
- Women, history and future Samaj
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on the author's immersion of the low income, working class slums of Bombay, this book tells the story of the women and children of the Hindu right wing party, the Shiv Sena, in Western India. The women's front of the Sena is known as the Mahila Aghadui.
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