{"product_id":"cleansing-the-nation-india-the-hindu-modern-and-mediations-of-gender-hardcover","title":"Cleansing the Nation: India, the Hindu Modern, and Mediations of Gender - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaka Shome\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCleansing the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, Raka Shome explores the logics of governmentality of contemporary Hindu nationalism in India by advancing the concept of the \"Hindu modern.\" Analyzing a national cleanliness program and other development projects, Shome shows how the Hindu modern--a form of national governmentality that disciplines and regulates individual subjects to create desirable \"clean\" citizens--inscribes Hindu nationalism in India. Focused on security, progress, and development while celebrating and protecting the figure of the upper-caste Hindu woman, the Hindu modern works toward a religious and casteist cleansing of the nation that rewrites Indian modernity as a purified and cleansed Hindu modernity. It shores up caste and religious inequalities around who is authentically Indian, reproducing historical violence against and exclusions of caste, gender, and religion, especially toward Muslims, Dalits, and Adivasis. By outlining how the Hindu modern sutures Hindu-ness to the contemporary Indian national project of modernity, Shome helps us further understand projects of national purification and cleanliness within global populist authoritarian movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaka Shome is the Harron Family Endowed Chair and Professor of Communication at Villanova University and author of \u003ci\u003eDiana and Beyond: White Femininity, National Identity, and Contemporary Media Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46965785395375,"sku":"9781478029311","price":178.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/S6H2R3X6Qn9781478029311.webp?v=1779644723","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/cleansing-the-nation-india-the-hindu-modern-and-mediations-of-gender-hardcover","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}