Author: Peter van Der Veer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 248
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195647327
Description
This volume presents an insightful analysis of the Hindu and Muslim identities in the colonial and post-colonial periods specially focusing on the rise of separatist nationalism.
Drawing on historical research, recent scholarly studies and his own field work Peter van der Veer describes and analyzes the construction of Hindu and Muslim identities in the colonial and post-colonial periods. His analysis ranges across a variety of topics, including cow protection societies and Sufi tombs, purdah and the political appropriation of the images of the female body, Salman Rushdie and the role of the novel in nationalism, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, the Khalsa movement among Sikhs, nationalistic archaeology and the televised Ramayana.
Contents
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
Religious Nationalism
CHAPTER TWO
Religious Formation
CHAPTER THREE
Ritual Communication
CHAPTER FOUR
Peregrinations
CHAPTER FIVE
Conceptions of Time
CHAPTER SIX
Words and Gestures
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index