Reclaiming the sublime

The (un)making of the people’s constitution in India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2228067
AutoresR Kaur (0000-0002-9211-5010, University of Sussex, autor correspondente), A Dyuti (University of Sussex)
Ano2020
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas716-725
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2049-1115 • E-ISSN: 2575-1433
EditoraHAU-N.E.T (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1086/712220
OpenAlexW3112183761
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas21

The Currents section foregrounds the work of Indian scholars who examine the ramifications of state responses and counterresponses regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in December 2019. This amendment to the Constitution of India granted citizenship to persecuted minorities from three nearby countries-namely, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan-but not to those who were Muslim. The act brought into question not just the issue of barring certain refugees to the country but also the relationship of India's minorities with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party that is at the helm of a Hindu right-wing wave. The contributions focus on the implications of the amendments and the protests against them for minority and/or Muslim identities through a combination of historical, autoethnographic, ethnographic, media, and theoretical perspectives in the midst of growing religio-political communalization in the subcontinent

Citizenship · Constitution · Constitution of India · Ethnography · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora