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020 _a9781138349674
082 _a954.75
_bMEH
100 _aMehta, Nalin Ed.
245 _aGujarat beyond Gandhi : identity, society and conflict
260 _aLondon
_bRoutledge
_c2020
300 _avii,167p.
440 _aSouth Asian History and Culture
_989633
505 _aContents Notes on Contributors vi 1. Gujarat beyond Gandhi: notes on identity, conflict and society Nalin Mehta and Mona G. Mehta 1 2. From Navnirman to the anti-Manda! riots: the political trajectory of Gujarat (1974--1985) Nagindas Sanghavi 14 3. Bootlegging, politics and corruption: state violence and the routine practices of public power in Gujarat (1985- 2002) Ornit Shani 28 4. A river of no dissent: Narmada Movement and coercive Gujarati nativism Mona G. Mehta 43 5. Special political zone: urban planning, spatial segregation and the infrastructure of violence in Ahmedabad Arvind Rajagopal 63 6. On the political use of disgust in Gujarat Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi 91 7. Ashis Nandy vs. the state of Gujarat: authoritarian developmentalism, democracy and the politics of Narendra Modi Nalin Mehta 111 8. Soteriological journeys and discourses of self-transformation: the Tablighi Jamaat and Svadhyaya in Gujarat Anindita Chakrabarti 131 9. An 'Imagined Community' in diaspora: Gujaratis in South Africa Goolam Vahed 149 Index 165
700 _aMehta, Mona G. Ed.
890 _aUK
891 _aFA
942 _2ddc
999 _c69072
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650 _aArt
_aIndia--Gujarat
_aPolitics and government
_aSocial conditions
_aCivilization
650 _aClimatisation
650 _aVentilation
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