{"product_id":"the-politics-of-cultural-mobilization-in-india","title":"The Politics of Cultural Mobilization in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): John Zavos \/ Andrew Wyatt \/ Vernon Hewitt\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 268\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195668014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssues of culture and identity and the predominance of coalition politics, as exemplified by the rise of Hindu nationalism and its presence as a feature of the National Democratic Alliance, have been the two most salient features of Indian politics in the last two decades. This book examines these two phenomena, the linkages between them, and the impact they have had on India's polity and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring cultural and regionalist incursions towards the political mobilization of people, this volume asks if it is legitimate to associate these two trends with each other. The papers here investigate this association and the possibilities for rethinking the relationship between politics and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe interaction of culture and politics has often led to dramatic and violent images that have attracted international attention, while intellectually they have stimulated a wide and free ranging debate about what India is, and who Indians are or ought to be. Such debates reflect not just the rise of religious and regional parties, but also the attempts by their opponents to co-opt their use of cultural symbolism and local specificities in order to defeat them politically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays present diverse way in which organizations and movements have driven, capitalized upon, and been influenced by the dynamic development of culture and identity to bring about political mobilization in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume will be of immense interest to students and scholars of politics, history, sociology, religion, and culture studies in addition to a general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDe-constructing the Nation:\u003cbr\u003ePolitics and Cultural Mobilization in India\u003cbr\u003eJohn Zavos, Andrew Wyatt, and Vernon Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: WAYS OF LOOKING: POLITICS, CULTURE, AND MOBILIZATION IN INDIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitics as Permanent Performance:\u003cbr\u003eThe Production of Political Authority in the Locality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFire in the Belly:\u003cbr\u003eThe Mobilization of the Ganapati Festival in Maharashtra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRethinking West Bengal's Political Stability:\u003cbr\u003eFrom Party Organization to Local Practices of Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: THE MECHANICS OF CULTURAL MOBILIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Tradition of Selfless Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHindutva as a Rural Planning Paradigm in Post-Earthquake Gujarat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeroes for our Times:\u003cbr\u003eAssam's Lachit, India's Missile Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE: THE STATE (S) AND CULTURAL MOBILIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Indian Territory to Hindu Bhoomi:\u003cbr\u003eThe Ethnicization of Nation-State Mapping in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Continuing Struggle for India's Jharkhand:\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy, Decentralization, and the Politics of Names and Numbers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Turn Away from Cultural Mobilization in Contemporary Tamil Nadu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Eminent Contributors \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153695961456,"sku":"12896","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/12896.jpg?v=1793912750","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-politics-of-cultural-mobilization-in-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}