Holy science : the biopolitics of Hindu nationalism / Banu Subramaniam.
Holy science : the biopolitics of Hindu nationalism / Banu Subramaniam.
Holy science : the biopolitics of Hindu nationalism / Banu Subramaniam.
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Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
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G 2019/4030
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 290 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
In search of India: the inner lives of postcolonialism -- Avatars for bionationalism: tales from (an)other enlightenment -- Home and the world: the modern lives of the Vedic sciences -- Colonial legacies, postcolonial biologies: the queer politics of (un)natural sex -- Return of the native: nation,...
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Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
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Washington (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"Subramaniam examines how science and religion have come together to propel a vision of the modern Indian nation, and in particular, a Hindu nationalist vision of India. Five illustrative cases of bionationalism animate this book: Hindu nationalist narratives of scientific development, colonial law and sexual politics in India, surrogacy and women'...
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Holy science : the biopolitics of Hindu nationalism / Banu Subramaniam.
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Feminist technosciences
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/4030
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74VKVexkMvqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVexkMvqA
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ISBN
0295745592 paperback alkaline paper
9780295745589 hardcover alkaline paper
0295745584 hardcover alkaline paper
9780295745596 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
320.540954
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991024257918202626
