Abstract Statistics have shown a lack of women’s representation in politics in India at the Parliament level. In post-colonial India, the role and place of women has been consigned to the domestic sphere, as they are conferred the responsibility of upholding the virtues of Indian civilization to nurture their families. This may account for the infrequent participation among women in formal political activities of the public sphere. However, this does not mean that women are not participating in political activism. In this article, I explore, among the working-class community in Hyderabad, how political activism is corporealized through both male and female bodies within social discourses of Indian nationalism, situated in public and private spheres respectively. To understand political participation, discourses of political activism have to be considered beyond the public sphere, and explored in relation to the pervasiveness of nationalist discourses and political activism located within domestic, private spheres.

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印度海得拉巴的性别政治参与和草根激进主义

摘要 统计数据显示，在印度议会层面，女性在政治中的代表性不足。在后殖民时代的印度，女性的角色和地位被赋予了家庭领域，因为她们被赋予了维护印度文明美德以养家糊口的责任。这可能是妇女很少参与公共领域正式政治活动的原因。然而，这并不意味着女性不参与政治活动。在这篇文章中，我探讨了在海得拉巴的工人阶级社区中，政治激进主义如何通过男性和女性身体在印度民族主义的社会话语中具体化，分别位于公共和私人领域。了解政治参与，