Ethnic activism and civil society in south asia/ edited by David N Gellner

Introduction: How Civil are 'Communal' and Ethno-nationalist Movements? - David N GellnerPART ONE: HINDU NATIONALISM AS A FORM OF ETHNIC ACTIVISMYoung Men's Public Activities and Hindu Nationalism: Naviyuvak Mandals and the Sangh Parivar in a Western Indian Town - Minoru MioActivists and Adivasis: Hindu Nationalist Militants in Chhattisgarh, Central India - Peggy Froerer PART TWO: THE RISE OF TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONSRe-constructing Jaffna: Transnational Tamil Activism at Local Interfaces - Eva GerharzEthnic (P)reservations: Comparing Thangmi Ethnic Activism in Nepal and India - Sara B Shneiderman PART THREE: DALIT MOVEMENTSBecoming a Dalit Panther: Caste-based Activism in South India - Hugo GorringeChristian Dalit Activism in Contemporary Tamil Nadu - David Mosse Struggles against Domination: Forms of Nepali Dalit Activism - Laurie Ann Vasily PART FOUR: JANAJATI ACTIVISM IN A MULTI-ETHNIC FORMER HINDU KINGDOMIntellectuals and Ethnic Activism: Writings on the Tharu Past - Gisele KrauskopffTamang Activism, History, and Territorial Consciousness - Mukta S TamangRuling Social Groups-from Species to Nations: Reflections on Changing Conceptualizations of Caste and Ethnicity in Nepal - Marie Lecomte-Tilouine