Everyday communalism : riots in contemporary Uttar Pradesh

Author/Creator:

Pai, Sudha, 1950- author

Publication/Creation:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Full Title:

Everyday communalism : riots in contemporary Uttar Pradesh / Sudha Pai, Sajjan Kumar

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Additional Author/Creators:

Sajjan Kumar (Political science researcher), author

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Communalism--India--Uttar Pradesh
Riots--India--Uttar Pradesh
Hinduism and politics--India--Uttar Pradesh
Muslims--Political activity--India--Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (India)--Politics and government

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

List of figures and tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations. Introduction: everyday communalism in Uttar Pradesh -- Communal politics in Uttar Pradesh from independence to the 1990s: a background. Part 1 Eastern Uttar Pradesh: culture political economy, and the new discourse of everyday communalism : Politics, culture, and the political economy of everyday communalism in Eastern UP -- Communal mobilization and riots in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: Mau and Gorakhpur districts. Part 2 Western Uttar Pradesh: political economy of agrarian crisis and the construction of everyday communalism : Agrarian crisis, changing Jat-Muslim relations, and everyday communalism in Western UP -- Communal mobilization and riots in Western Uttar Pradesh: Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts. Conclusion. Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.

Summary:

With the demolition of the Babri Masjid and subsequent riots of the late 1980s and 1990s in Uttar Pradesh, the period that followed appeared relatively peaceful. Only at the turn of the century, India witnessed a strong wave of communalism in early 2000s. After the Godhra riots of Gujarat in 2002, Uttar Pradesh saw a series of them--in Mau in 2005, Lucknow in 2006, Gorakhpur in 2007, and Muzaffarnagar in 2013--announcing the return of fundamentalism in the Bharatiya Janta Party's core agenda of Hindutva politics. Everyday Communalism not only attempts to explore the anatomy of a Hindu-Muslim riot and its aftermath, but also examines the inner workings that enable deep-seated polarization between communities. Pai and Kumar show that frequent, low-intensity communal clashes pegged on routine everyday issues and resources help establish a permanent anti-Muslim prejudice among Hindus legitimizing majoritarian rule in the eyes of an increasingly polarized, intolerant, and entitled majority community of Hindus. Uttar Pradesh's rising cultural aspirations; economic anxieties to move away from its traditionally backward status; a deep caste-marked agrarian crisis; and sharp inequalities and acute poverty further play into the making a new post-Ayodhya phase of Hindutva politics.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 348 pages : : illustrations, portraits.)

Local Note:

Available to current Emory students, faculty and staff.

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937797496002486

ISBN:

9780199095865 (electronic bk.)
0199095868 (electronic bk.)