Listening to grasshoppers : field notes on democracy
Roy, Arundhati2009
Books, Manuscripts
This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy.
Main title:
Listening to grasshoppers : field notes on democracy / Arundhati Roy.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hamish Hamilton, 2009.
Collation:
xxxvii, 256 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241144626 (hbk)0241144620 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.5'4'0954320.54320.540320
Language:
English
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BRN:
579125