| Description |
1 online resource (241 p.) |
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The Ethnography of Political Violence Series |
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The Ethnography of Political Violence Series
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Crafting Indigeneity and Its Other -- Chapter 2. Recognition Without Redistribution -- Chapter 3. Duplicitous Dalits -- Chapter 4. Adivasi as Hindu -- Chapter 5. Sacred Land, Sacred Nation -- Chapter 6. Carnality of Capital -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
The Violence of Recognition offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the operations of Hindu nationalists and their role in sparking the largest incident of anti-Christian violence in India's history. Through vivid ethnographic storytelling, Pinky Hota explores the roots of ethnonationalist conflict between two historically marginalized groups-the Kandha, who are Adivasi (tribal people considered indigenous in India), and the Paana, a community of Christian Dalits (previously referred to as "untouchables"). Hota documents how Hindutva mobilization led to large-scale violence, culminating in attacks against many thousands of Paana Dalits in the district of Kandhamal in 2008.Bringing indigenous studies as well as race and ethnic studies into conversation with Dalit studies, Hota shows that, despite attempts to frame these ethnonationalist tensions as an indigenous population's resistance against disenfranchisement, Kandha hostility against the Paana must be understood as anti-Christian, anti-Dalit violence animated by racial capitalism. Hota's analysis of caste in relation to race and religion details how Hindu nationalists exploit the singular and exclusionary legal recognition of Adivasis and the putatively liberatory, anti-capitalist discourse of indigeneity in order to justify continued oppression of Dalits-particularly those such as the Paana. Because the Paana lost their legal protection as recognized minorities (Scheduled Caste) upon conversion to Christianity, they struggle for recognition within the Indian state's classificatory scheme. Within the framework of recognition, Hota shows, indigeneity works as a political technology that reproduces the political, economic, and cultural exclusion of landless marginalized groups such as Dalits. The Violence of Recognition reveals the violent implications of minority recognition in creating and maintaining hierarchies of racial capitalism |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Adiwasi Garasia (Indic people)
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Christianity and other religions -- Hinduism
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Christians -- Violence against -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Dalits -- Religious life -- India
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Dalits -- Violence against -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Dalits
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Hinduism -- Relations -- Christianity
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Hindutva -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Kandh (Indic people) -- Religion
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Kandh (Indic people) -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
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Nationalism -- India
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Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Pardhan (Indic people) -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Pardhan (Indic people)
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Religion and politics -- India -- Kandhamal (District)
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Adiwasi Garasia (Indic people)
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Christianity.
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Christians -- Violence against.
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Dalits.
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Dalits -- Religious life.
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Hinduism.
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Hindutva.
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Interfaith relations.
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Kandh (Indic people)
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Kandh (Indic people) -- Religion.
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Nationalism.
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Pardhan (Indic people)
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Religion and politics.
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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India.
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India -- Kandhamal (District)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781512824865 |
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1512824860 |
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