Abstract
Hindu pamphleteers and campaigners went all out to keep Hindu women away from Muslim men, and from symbols, customs and culture seen as ‘Muslim’. Even day-to-day contact with Muslims was perceived as a serious threat to the Hindu patriarchal order and community identity, leading to a new set of instructions for Hindu women. These attitudes paralleled high-caste exclusivities but sought to extend them to a putative Hindu community.
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Gupta, C. (2001). Hindu Women, Muslim Men. In: Sexuality, Obscenity, Community. Comparative Feminist Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230108196_7
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