Violence in Urban India : identity politics, 'Mumbai', and the postcolonial city

By:

Hansen, Thomas Blom

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi; Permanent Black; 2001Description: 269pISBN:

9788178240374

Subject(s):

Politics and government

DDC classification:

320 HAN

Summary: When ‘Bombay’ became ‘Mumbai’, it was the culmination of a process that transformed India’s first symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into an urban landscape of violent nationalism and ethnic conflict. Challenging conventional writings on Indian politics, Thomas Blom Hansen shows that the xenophobic public culture of the Indian city, specifically contemporary Mumbai, has deep roots in regional histories and contested identities. He shows how the atmosphere of urban India, its dominant public languages, and its political power structures have changed over the past thirty years.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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When ‘Bombay’ became ‘Mumbai’, it was the culmination of a process that transformed India’s first symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into an urban landscape of violent nationalism and ethnic conflict. Challenging conventional writings on Indian politics, Thomas Blom Hansen shows that the xenophobic public culture of the Indian city, specifically contemporary Mumbai, has deep roots in regional histories and contested identities. He shows how the atmosphere of urban India, its dominant public languages, and its political power structures have changed over the past thirty years.

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