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Not too long ago, India woke up to the heart-rending horror of the ‘Nirbhaya’ rape case. While the brutal violence against the victim sent shockwaves throughout the country, the rapists (as well as other men on the streets) caused further moral outrage by blaming the victim for being out at night and holding her responsible for her rape. What does this signify? Is there an ongoing visceral war waged by men against women?
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This book shows how transnational, planetary forces from the Caribbean, South Africa and India were brought to bear on Gandhi’s concept of Indianness. Using the frames of diaspora theory, post-colonial discourse theory and the recent Atlantic turn in studies of resistance, it brings into relief Gandhi’s experience as a traveler moving from a classic colony, India, to the plantation and mining society of South Africa.
It puts forward the argument that ...