TY - JOUR
T1 - Nation, gender and representations of (In)securities in Indian politics
T2 - Secular-modernity and hindutva ideology
AU - Das, Runa
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - This article examines the relationship between gender, nations and nationalisms vis-a-vis the Indian state's nationalist identity and perceptions of (in)security. It explores how the postcolonial Indian state's project of nation-building - reflective of a western secular-modern identity (under the Congress Party) and a Hindutva-dominated identity (under the BJP) - incorporates gender, with continuities and discontinuities, to articulate divergent forms of nationalist/communalist identities, 'cartographic anxieties' and nuclear (in)securities. The article contends that with the recent rise of the Hindu-Right BJP, guided by Hindutva ideology, the nature of representing the Indian nation, its women and (in)securities has changed from a geopolitical to a cultural perception - thereby necessitating a rereading of the Indian nation, nationalism, gender and its perceptions of (in)security.
AB - This article examines the relationship between gender, nations and nationalisms vis-a-vis the Indian state's nationalist identity and perceptions of (in)security. It explores how the postcolonial Indian state's project of nation-building - reflective of a western secular-modern identity (under the Congress Party) and a Hindutva-dominated identity (under the BJP) - incorporates gender, with continuities and discontinuities, to articulate divergent forms of nationalist/communalist identities, 'cartographic anxieties' and nuclear (in)securities. The article contends that with the recent rise of the Hindu-Right BJP, guided by Hindutva ideology, the nature of representing the Indian nation, its women and (in)securities has changed from a geopolitical to a cultural perception - thereby necessitating a rereading of the Indian nation, nationalism, gender and its perceptions of (in)security.
KW - Gender
KW - Hindutva
KW - Identity
KW - India
KW - Insecurity
KW - Nation
KW - Nationalism
KW - Security
KW - State
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U2 - 10.1177/1350506808091504
DO - 10.1177/1350506808091504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:46749134801
SN - 1350-5068
VL - 15
SP - 203
EP - 221
JO - European Journal of Women's Studies
JF - European Journal of Women's Studies
IS - 3
ER -