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Militant Hindus and Buddhist Dalits: hegemony and resistance in an Indian slum
Author(s) -
CONTURSI JANET A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1989.16.3.02a00020
Subject(s) - militant , ideology , hegemony , buddhism , hinduism , sociology , politics , gender studies , constitution , resistance (ecology) , religious studies , political science , law , history , philosophy , archaeology , ecology , biology
Ideologies and cultural identities are created by leaderships of hegemonic and nonhegemonic groups to consolidate their diverse followings into unified political communities. While discourse is pertinent to the constitution of ideology, ideological assumptions also are embodied in practices that structure relations between leaders and followers. Antagonism between Hindus and Buddhists is examined by analyzing their leaderships and the practices through which their respective ideologies are produced, reproduced, and disseminated. [hegemony, ideology, practice, cultural identity, Buddhism, militant Hinduism]