Wages of Violence : : Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay / / Thomas Blom Hansen.
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 is a startling account of how the city's at...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Introduction: The Proper Name
- Chapter 1. Deccan Pastoral: The Making of an Ethnohistorical Imagination in Western India
- Chapter 2. Bombay and the Politics of Urban Desire
- Chapter 3. "Say with Pride That We Are Hindus": Shiv Sena and Communal Populism
- Chapter 4. Thane City: The Making of Political Dadaism
- Chapter 5. Riots, Policing, and Truth Telling in Bombay
- Chapter 6. In the Muslim Mohalla
- Chapter 7. Living the Dream: Governance, Graft, and Goons
- Conclusion. Politics as Permanent Performance
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index