Vinay Lal

1.2k citations
58 papers · 441 indexed · h-index 10
Topics
Indian History and Philosophy (16 papers)South Asian Cinema and Culture (10 papers)South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

Vinay Lal

50 papers receiving 325 citations

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Vinay Lal
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  • Sociology and Political Science 239
  • Political Science and International Relations 139
  • Anthropology 107
  • Philosophy 65
  • Demography 39
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All Works

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Bernie sanders and the noose of American elections
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Political Hinduism : the religious imagination in public spheres
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Empire of Knowledge: Culture and Plurality in the Global Economy
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Nakedness, nonviolence, and brahmacharya: Gandhi's experiments in celibate sexuality
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Not this, not that : the Hijras of India and the cultural politics of sexuality
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Committees of inquiry and discourses of 'law and order' in twentieth-century British India
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About Vinay Lal

Vinay Lal is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Philosophy and Anthropology, having authored 58 papers that have together received 441 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Indian History and Philosophy (16 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (10 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (107 citations), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (33 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (139 citations). Vinay Lal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Africa and France. Frequent co-authors include Mehdi Abedi, Michael M. J. Fischer, David Omissi, Michael Pretes, Ashis Nandy, Robert J. Young, Goolam Vahed, Ralph Michael, Alyosha Goldstein and Michael Dawson. Their work appears in journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and Futures.

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