Manufacturing a feminized siege mentality: Hindu nationalist paramilitary camps for women in India

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-183

  Sehgal, Meera ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gendered siege mentality; Hindu nationalism; India; Paramilitary camps; Religious right; Right wing women; Siege mentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147126355     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241606298823     Document Type: Review

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