{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-anthropology-of-india-hardback-9781405198929","title":"A Companion to the Anthropology of India (Hardback) 9781405198929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This marvelous exploration of the ‘new' India is also a triumphant vindication of the old anthropological virtues of closely attending to the particularity of other people's lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Spencer, Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This collection cuts loose from earlier ethnographic and theoretical interests to focus on India seen through the theoretical lens of globalization.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMattison Mines, University of California Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent, highly readable, sample of current work on the social anthropology of India, a \"must\" for anyone interested in developments in Indian society today.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter van der Veer, Director Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This exciting volume showcases the work of an array of established and younger scholars who are thinking about the astonishing changes happening in contemporary India. This book will be an invaluable guide to the sociological and anthropological rethinking of Indian society and culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAkhil Gupta, UCLA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabelle Clark-Decès (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405198929, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e576 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.9 x 17.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.111 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This volume provides a useful framework for and discussion of the complexity and range of recently published research on the anthropologies of the Indian subcontinent in the era of globalization . . . Summing up: Essential. All libraries supporting graduate and undergraduate programs in anthropology, sociology, and history.\" (Choice, 1July 2011)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of India \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of India\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century. Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics that include developments in population and life expectancy, caste and communalism, politics and law, public and religious cultures, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, civil society, social-moral relationships, environment and health. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe broad variety of topics on Indian society is balanced with the larger global issues – demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and others – that have transformed the country since the end of colonization. Illuminating the continuity and diversity of Indian culture, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Anthropology of India\u003c\/i\u003e offers important insights into the myriad ways social scientists describe and analyze Indian society and its unique brand of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsabelle Clark-Decès\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Caste and Class in Liberal India 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1 Demography for Anthropologists: Populations, Castes, and Classes 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristophe Z. Guilmoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Caste, Class, and Untouchability 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Deliège\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Great Expectations: Youth in Contemporary India 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig Jeffrey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Modern Transformation of an Old Elite: The Case of the Tamil Brahmans 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. J. Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Caste and Collective Memory in South India 98\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZoé E. Headley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Cities, Cosmopolitan Styles, and Urban Critics 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6 “How to Sit, How to Stand”: Bodily Practice and the New Urban Middle Class 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeredith Lindsay McGuire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Global Dancing in Kolkata 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePallabi Chakravorty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Yoga, Modernity, and the Middle Class: Locating the Body in a World of Desire 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph S. Alter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Tourism in India: The Moral Economy of Gender in Banaras 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJenny Huberman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Crafts, Artisans, and the Nation-State in India 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMira Mohsini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Crowds, Congestion, Conviviality: The Enduring Life of the Old City 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAjay Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Cultures and Religion in the Making 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e12 Optic-Clash: Modes of Visuality in India 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShaila Bhatti and Christopher Pinney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Hindu–Muslim Relations and the “War on Terror” 241\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilippa Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Religious Synthesis at a Muslim Shrine 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eParvis Ghassem-Fachandi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Christianity: Culture, Identity, and Agency 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMathew N. Schmalz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Communalism, Nationalism, and Terrorism 295\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e16 The Politics of Communalism and Caste 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrnit Shani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Violence, Aggression, and Militancy: Reexamining Gender, and Nonliberal Politics 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTarini Bedi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 India Burning: The Maoist Revolution 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlpa Shah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Law, Governance, and Civil Society 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e19 Courts of Law and Legal Practice 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniela Berti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Law and Order: Police Encounter Killings and Routinized Political Violence 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeatrice Jauregui\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Civil Society and Politics: An Anthropological Perspective 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Harriss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Discourses of Citizenship and Criminality in Clean, Green Delhi 407\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYaffa Truelove and Emma Mawdsley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Toward an Anthropology of Water in Mumbai’s Settlements 426\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNikhil Anand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI From Global India to the Ethnography of Change 443\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e24 Transnational India: Diaspora and Migration in the Anthropology of South Asia 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeo Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 India Responds to the HIV\/AIDS Pandemic: Unintended Consequences of Global Health Initiatives 464\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCecilia Van Hollen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Cultures of the Psyche, Politics of Illness 482\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Pinto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Ways of Aging 500\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Decline of Dravidian Kinship in Local Perspectives 517\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsabelle Clark-Decès \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 536\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52511407669528,"sku":"9781405198929","price":38.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405198929.jpg?v=1786599531","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-the-anthropology-of-india-hardback-9781405198929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}