Women's Cooptation into Grassroots Right-Wing Movements in Urban India

• In Event: Gender and Politics on the Right

Brief Overview

This study uses intersectionality of gender and class to understand how the Hindu Right, espousing traditional gender roles, coopts women in urban slums by creating culturally appropriate spaces and offering alternative empowerment discourses.

Author

• Soundarya Chidambaram, Bucknell University