000			01633 a2200193 4500
999			_c26239 _d26239
020			_a9780190098766
082			_a323.30954 _bBEH-G
100			_aBehl, Natasha
245			_aGendered Citizenship _b: understanding gendered violence in democratic India
250			_aSouth Asia Edition
260			_c2019 _aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press
300			_aix,172p
504			_aInclude Bibliography and Index
520			_aIn Gendered Citizenship, Natasha Behl offers an examination of Indian citizenship that weaves together an analysis of sexual violence law with an in-depth ethnography of the Sikh community to explore the contradictory nature of Indian democracy—which gravely affects its institutions and puts its citizens at risk. Through a situated analysis of citizenship, Behl upends longstanding academic assumptions about democracy, citizenship, religion, and gender. This analysis reveals that religious spaces and practices can be sites for renegotiating democratic participation, but also uncovers how some women engage in religious community in unexpected ways to link gender equality and religious freedom as shared goals. Gendered Citizenship is a groundbreaking inquiry that explains why the promise of democratic equality remains unrealized, and identifies potential spaces and practices that can create more egalitarian relations.
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650			_aCitizenship _vSecular State _vWomen--Social conditions _vReligious Community _vWomen--Sikh _zIndia
650			_aGender Studies _vFeminism--Political aspects _vWomen--Social life and customs _vWomen--Violence against _zIndia
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