Militant Hindus and Buddhist Dalits: hegemony and resistance in an Indian slum

Ideologies and cultural identities are created by leaderships of hegemonic and nonhegemonic groups to consolidate their diverse followings into unified political communities. While discourse is pertinent to the constitution of ideology, ideological assumptions also are embodied in practices that structure relations between leaders and followers. Antagonism between Hindus and Buddhists is examined by analyzing their leaderships and the practices through which their respective ideologies are produced, reproduced, and disseminated. [hegemony, ideology, practice, cultural identity, Buddhism, militant Hinduism]