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Wages of violence : naming and identity in postcolonial Bombay

By: Hansen, Thomas BlomMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton university press c2001Description: 269p. Map ; 23 cmISBN: 9780691088396Subject(s): Mumbai (India) - social conditions - 20th centuryDDC classification: 306.0954 Summary: When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. This is an account of how the city's atmosphere, dominant public languages, and power structures have changed since 1960s

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index

When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. This is an account of how the city's atmosphere, dominant public languages, and power structures have changed since 1960s

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