Tasks, sacrifices and digitized rituals: Interpellating the Indian subject through rites of nationalism.
This essay advances the concept of ritualized nationalism in order to understand the rise of right wing populism in India. It analyzes Narendra Modi's strategy of assigning tasks and seeking sacrifices from citizens in the name of nation building to understand how it has helped make nationalism a pe...
| Publicado en: | Media, Culture & Society Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 889 - 905 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Jul2024
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