The Hindu Rights Action Force and the Definition of the €Indian Community’ in Malaysia
The Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) started in 2006 as a coalition of non-governmental organizations and various individuals struggling for the preservation and protection of Hindus’ rights in Malaysia. Although the coalition began as a religious movement, it ended up widening the scope of its mandate so as to include various demands for social and economic rights. The present paper describes some representations of the ‘Indian community’ as these are expressed in HINDRAF’s discourses and in some supporters’ views on the condition of Malaysian Indians. In particular, the paper examines processes of ethnic boundary making and unmaking, more specifically how ethnic boundaries are both expanded and contracted on the basis of various socio-cultural and economic factors.
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2014-11-30
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Authors: | Cangià, Flavia |
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Sociological Research Online. - Sociological Research Online. - Vol. 19.2014, 4, p. 3-3
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Sociological Research Online |
Subject: | HINDRAF | Malaysian Indians | Ethnicity | Boundaries | Hindu | Minority Rights |
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