"Our Women": Construction of Hindu and Muslim Women's Identities by the Religious Nationalist Discourses in India

Secular nationalism, India?s official ideology and the basis for its secular Constitution, is being challenged by the rising religious nationalist discourses. This has resulted in an ongoing struggle between the secular and religious nationalist discourses. Since women are regarded as symbols of rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Imam, Zeba
Other Authors: La Pastina, Antonio C.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7568