Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay by Thomas Blom Hansen

Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay

Thomas Blom Hansen

280 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

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When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of intense ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. Wages of Violence ...

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