The Geography of Things That May Become Memories: The 2001 Earthquake in Kachchh‐Gujarat and the Politics of Rehabilitation in the Prememorial Era

摘要: This article explores the politics of reconstruction and competing memorial practices that emerged after a devastating earthquake in western India during 2001. The material is drawn from extensive ethnographic research analyses rehabilitation “prememorial era,” period before an official erected when gap between signified (the earthquake) signifier memorial) still wide open meanings narratives disaster are being created, rehearsed, contested. Many initiatives undertaken inseparable contemporary Hindu nationalism. Consequently, main sections examine political nature ideas about relation to expressions nationalism regionalism.