Table of Contents

Ackmowledgements 1. Introduction: Constructs of Nation and Gender 2. Empire: Christian Manliness and the British Gaze 3. Nationalism: Masculine Hinduism and Resisting the British Gaze 4. Cultural Nationalism, Masculine Hinduism, and Contemporary Hindutva 5. In the Crucible of Hindutva: Women and Masculine Hinduism 6. Heroic Mothers, Chaste Wives, and Celibate Warriors: Feminist or Feminine Nationalism in India? 7. Summary Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Sikata Banerjee is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Victoria and the author of Warriors in Politics: Hindu Nationalism, Violence, and the Shiv Sena in India.