"Somehow it happened": Violence, culpability, and the hindu nationalist community

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-362

  Chaturvedi, Ruchi ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Culpability; Hindu Right; India; Kerala; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960626816     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2011.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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