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Muscular Nationalism – Gender, Violence, and Empire in India and Ireland, 1914–2004

Autor Sikata Banerjee
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2012
A particular dark triumph of modern nationalism has been its ability to persuade citizens to sacrifice their lives for a political vision forged by emotional ties to a common identity. Both men and women can respond to nationalistic calls to fight that portray muscular warriors defending their nation against an easily recognizable enemy. This “us versus them” mentality can be seen in sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims, Tamils and Sinhalas, Serbs and Kosovars, and Protestants and Catholics. In Muscular Nationalism, Sikata Banerjee takes a comparative look at India and Ireland and the relationship among gender, violence, and nationalism. Exploring key texts and events from 1914–2004, Banerjee explores how women negotiate “muscular nationalisms” as they seek to be recognized as legitimate nationalists and equal stakeholders in their national struggles. Banerjee argues that the gendered manner in which dominant nationalism has been imagined in most states in the world has had important implications for women’s lived experiences. Drawing on a specific intersection of gender and nationalism, she discusses the manner in which women negotiate a political and social terrain infused with a masculinized dream of nation-building. India and Ireland—two states shaped by the legacy of British imperialism and forced to deal with modern political/social conflict centring on competing nationalisms—provide two provocative case studies that illuminate the complex interaction between gender and nation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814789766
ISBN-10: 0814789765
Pagini: 218
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: MI – New York University

Recenzii

"Banerjee does a stupendous job of introducing readers to a wide array of historical evidence from different cultures and eras while making them aware of the gendered underpinnings of nationalism. The work is an excellent principal text not simply as an introduction to Indian and Irish nationalisms but primarily because of the refreshing emphasis on the role of women who have to constantly negotiate with the dominant male discourse of nationalism. This book challenges readymade notions of differences between nationalism in South Asian colonies and in the core regions of British Empire such as Ireland. Her particular analysis of the relationship between violence, masculinity and nationalisms across cultures is the greatest strength of the work. Her analysis of wider timer period extending from an incipient state of nationalism in the colonial world to recent developments in post imperial era is also refreshingly new for historians. There is no doubt that the book will be regarded as a seminal contribution in the field of gender studies and feminist theoretical approach to nationalisms."-Subho Basu, co-author of "Paradise Lost?: State Failure in Nepal"

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India and Ireland provide two provocative case studies that illuminate the complex interaction between gender and nation