Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first book-length examination of how India's Hindu nationalist government uses language as a weapon against its Muslim citizens. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in sociolinguistics, as well as South Asia studies, gender studies and Indian politics and culture.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first book-length examination of how India's Hindu nationalist government uses language as a weapon against its Muslim citizens. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in sociolinguistics, as well as South Asia studies, gender studies and Indian politics and culture.
Ila Nagar is Associate Professor at The Ohio State University. Her recent publications include Being Janana: Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India (Routledge, 2019). She studies how language represents familiar and unfamiliar social hierarchies.
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Acknowledgments Author's Notes Political Parties, Alliances, and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction 1. Cartographies of Language and Citizenship 2. Where God Was Born: Ramajanmbhoomi and Babri Masjid 3. From Shah Bano to Sharaya Bano: Indian Muslim Women as Subjects of Rights 4. Gifts that Keep on Giving: Kashmir, Article 370, and Pakistan 5. Who Is a Citizen of India? Citizenship Amendment Act, Minorities, and Termites Postscript Appendix Glossary References.
Acknowledgments Author's Notes Political Parties, Alliances, and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction 1. Cartographies of Language and Citizenship 2. Where God Was Born: Ramajanmbhoomi and Babri Masjid 3. From Shah Bano to Sharaya Bano: Indian Muslim Women as Subjects of Rights 4. Gifts that Keep on Giving: Kashmir, Article 370, and Pakistan 5. Who Is a Citizen of India? Citizenship Amendment Act, Minorities, and Termites Postscript Appendix Glossary References.
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