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Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-

Wages of violence : Naming and identity in postcolonial Bombay / Thomas Blom Hansen. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001. - 269 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acronyms vii -- Introduction The Proper Name 1 -- Chapter 1. Deccan Pastoral: The Making of an Ethnohistorical -- Imagination in Western India 20 -- Chapter 2. Bombay and the Politics of Urban Desire 37 -- Chapter 3. "Say with Pride That We Are Hindus": Shiv Sena -- and Communal Populism 70 -- Chapter 4. Thane City: The Making of Political Dadaism 101 -- Chapter 5. Riots, Policing, and Truth Telling in Bombay 121 -- Chapter 6. In the Muslim Mohalla 160 -- Chapter 7. Living the Dream: Governance, Graft, and Goons 194 -- Conclusion. Politics as Permanent Performance 227.

ISBN: 0691088403 069108839X (HBK.)

LCCN: 2001095813

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA1-V2240

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mumbai (India)--Social conditions--20th century.
Mumbai (India)--Politics and government--20th century.

LC Class. No.: HN690.B6 / H36 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 306.095479 BLO