Communalism and globalization in South Asia and its diaspora / edited by Deana Heath and Chandana Mathur.

1. Communalism and globalization: an opening gambit in a conversation between two literatures / Chandana Mathur -- 2. Beyond communalism: India, Pakistan and the challenges of globalization / Ayesha Jalal -- 3. Salafi extremism in the Punjab and its transnational impact / Tahir Kamran -- 4. Western Hindutva: Hindu nationalism in the United Kingdom and North America / Christophe Jaffrelot and Ingrid Therwath -- 5. Empire, geo-politics and ethno-nationalisms: Ireland, India and Sri Lanka / Jude Lal Fernando -- 6. Pragmatics of the Hindu right: globalization and thepolitics of women{u2019}s organisations in India / Tanika Sarkar -- 7. Cinema, nation and communalism in a globalizing Bangladesh Zakir / Hossain Raju -- 8. Imrana{u2019}s rape: debating Islam and law in contemporary India / Barbara Metcalf -- 9. Communalism in Sri Lanka: locating the labour movement / Janaka Biyanwila -- 10. Searching for the greatest Bengali: the BBC and shiftingidentity categories in South Asia / Reece Jones -- 11. Religion, diaspora and globalization: the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Jama{u2019}at-i Islami in the United States / Aminah Mohammad-Arif -- 12. Islam, gender and the nation: the social life of Bangladeshi fatwas / Dina Mahnaz Siddiqi -- 13. Kottu.org: community after communalism / Pradeep Jeganathan -- 14. New directions: communalism, globalization and governmentality / Deana Heath

Includes bibliographical references and index.