Gendered nationalism in India and Poland: postcolonial and postsocialist conditions in times of populism

This chapter is a study of right-wing populist politics in India and Poland exploring the intersections of gender, migration, and national identity. The text examines recent events and changes to legislation that particularly target Muslim minorities in the two countries. Through a critical analysis of media coverage, policy- and public documents discussing the Polish migration policy and the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act, the authors explore contemporary expressions of gendered nationalism/femonationalism that delineates the contours of conservative patriarchal politics focussed on the protection of women. Through tracing the genealogy of right-wing thinking and evolution of national identity that excludes undesirable bodies, the chapter points to the conjunctural nature of postcolonial and postsocialist conditions and brings forth the dilemmas of decolonial politics in the two countries.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Postcolonial and Postsocialist Dialogues. Intersections, Opacities, Challenges in Feminist Theorizing and Practice on 23/03/2021, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367434403