Shiv Sena women : violence and communalism in a Bombay slum

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Shiv Sena women : violence and communalism in a Bombay slum

Atreyee Sen

Zubaan, 2008

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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

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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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