Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, and Cultural Nationalism by Tanika Sarkar

Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, and Cultural Nationalism

Tanika Sarkar

298 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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What are the major Hindu ideas and traditions of India that have shaped dominant conceptions of womanhood, domesticity, wifeliness, and mothering, and of India as a "Hindu" nation? Tanika Sarkar analyzes literary and social traditions, the elite v...

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