ISBN:
1438460317
,
9781438460314
Language:
English
Pages:
XXV, 291 Seiten
Series Statement:
SUNY series in Hindu studies
DDC:
320.0820954
Keywords:
Shiv Sena Shiv Sena
;
Since 1977
;
Shiv Sena
;
Women Political activity
;
India
;
Women politicians Biography
;
India
;
Women political activists Biography
;
India
;
Patronage, Political India
;
Political culture India
;
Social networks Political aspects
;
India
;
Urbanization Political aspects
;
India
;
Regionalism Political aspects
;
India
;
Patronage, Political
;
Political culture
;
Politics and government
;
Regionalism Political aspects
;
Social networks Political aspects
;
Urbanization Political aspects
;
Women political activists
;
Women Political activity
;
Women politicians
;
Women Political activity
;
Women politicians Biography
;
Women political activists Biography
;
Patronage, Political
;
Political culture
;
Social networks Political aspects
;
Urbanization Political aspects
;
Regionalism Political aspects
;
India Politics and government
;
1977-
;
India
;
Biography
;
India Politics and government 1977-
;
Shiv Sena
;
Politikerin
;
Soziales Netzwerk
;
Patronage
;
Shiv Sena
;
Indien
;
Frau
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Regionalismus
;
Verstädterung
;
Politische Kultur
Abstract:
"Explores the activities and political personas of women activists in Shiv Sena, a militant Indian political party. Rich in detail, this book tells the stories of women of Shiv Sena (Shivaji's Army), a militant political party in Western India. It provides insight into the political networks powered by lower-level women politicians in postcolonial, globalizing cities and on their margins. Based on more than ten years of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with the women of Shiv Sena, the work shows how women political activists in urbanizing India conjure political authority through the inventive, dangerous, and transgressive political personas known as 'dashing ladies.' Tarini Bedi develops a feminist theory of brokerage politics, arguing that political grids where women employ political, symbolic, and material resources through the political system may be seen as channels of what can be termed 'political matronage'"--Publisher's website
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Dashing, daring and the seduction of political persona"Just doing dashing" in uncertain places -- Performance, dashing, image -- The poetics and politics of the dashing ladies -- Political machinations, electoral campaigns and the texture of politics -- The public event : political spectacle and public sites of dashing -- Intimate politics and alliance-building -- Women, urban wisdom and the illicit politics of housing in Mumbai -- Politics and the relations of domesticity -- The gendered politics of the Malkin in Pune City.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction: Dashing, daring and the seduction of political persona
,
"Just doing dashing" in uncertain places
,
Performance, dashing, image
,
The poetics and politics of the dashing ladies
,
Political machinations, electoral campaigns and the texture of politics
,
The public event : political spectacle and public sites of dashing
,
Intimate politics and alliance-building
,
Women, urban wisdom and the illicit politics of housing in Mumbai
,
Politics and the relations of domesticity
,
The gendered politics of the Malkin in Pune City
