{"product_id":"everyday-life-in-south-asia-second-edition-paperback-softback-9780253221940","title":"Everyday Life in South Asia, Second Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253221940","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEveryday Life in South Asia, Second Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDiane P. Mines (Edited by), Sarah E. Lamb (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253221940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 July 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages, 28 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm, 0.816 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\u003cp\u003e\"Everyday Life in South Asia . . . is extremely accessible and has plenty to offer as introductory material for a wide range of topics.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew Asia Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]he book offers keenly observed ethnographic snapshots, theorized by the authors and contextualized by the engaging section introductions. Indeed, the varied, rich, and sensitive portrayal of the ordinary (and extraordinary) lives of South Asians of vastly diverse backgrounds is just one of the volume's many strengths.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Richly informative but accessible and user friendly for classroom use. . . . This excellent volume of essays belongs in many places—on the shelves of specialists and non-specialists alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This wonderful collection serves as a unique introduction to cultural life in contemporary South Asia. The essays included here provide insights into everyday life that are unavailable from any other single source. This text will be of great interest to scholars and students in anthropology, sociology, gender studies, religious studies, geography, and communication studies.\"—Akhil Gupta, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mines and Lamb have once again provided an eminently readable, highly engaging and varied set of case studies, organized along major axes of current concern, both practical and intellectual. . . . [A] real joy to teach!\"—Margaret Mills, \u003ci\u003eThe Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology provides a lively and stimulating view of the lives of ordinary citizens in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. For the second edition of this popular textbook, readings have been updated and new essays added. The result is a timely collection that explores key themes in understanding the region, including gender, caste, class, religion, globalization, economic liberalization, nationalism, and emerging modernities. New readings focus attention on the experiences of the middle classes, migrant workers, and IT professionals, and on media, consumerism, and youth culture. Clear and engaged writing makes this text particularly valuable for general and student readers, while the range of new and classic scholarship provides a useful resource for specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e I. The Family and the Life Course \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. One Straw from a Broom Cannot Sweep: The Ideology and Practice of the Joint Family in Rural North IndiaSusan S. Wadley\u003cbr\u003e 2. Allah Gives Both Boys and GirlsPatricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Out Here in Kathmandu\": Youth and the Contradictions of Modernity in Urban NepalMark Liechty\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rethinking Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in an Indian Call Center Cari Costanzo Kapur\u003cbr\u003e 5. Love and Aging in Bengali Families Sarah Lamb\u003cbr\u003e II. Genders\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 6. New Light in the House: Schooling Girls in Rural North IndiaAnn Grodzins Gold\u003cbr\u003e 7. Offstage with Special Drama Actresses in Tamilnadu, South India: RoadworkSusan Seizer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Breadwinners No More: Identities in Flux Michele Ruth Gamburd\u003cbr\u003e 9. Life on the Margins: A Hijra's Story Serena Nanda\u003cbr\u003e 10. Crossing \"Lines\" of Difference: Transnational Movements and Sexual Subjectivities in Hyderabad, India Gayatri Reddy\u003cbr\u003e III. Caste, Class and Community\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 11. Seven Prevalent Misconceptions about India's Caste System\u003cbr\u003e 12. God-Chariots in a Garden of Castes: Hierarchy and Festival in a Hindu CitySteven M. Parish\u003cbr\u003e 13. High and Low Castes in KaraniViramma, with Josiane Racine and Jean Luc Racine\u003cbr\u003e 14. Weakness, Worry Illness, and Poverty in the Slums of DhakaSabina Faiz Rashid \u003cbr\u003e 15. Anjali's Alliance: Class Mobility in Urban IndiaSara Dickey\u003cbr\u003e 16. Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, IndiaRitty Lukose\u003cbr\u003e IV. Practicing Religion\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Hindu Gods in a South Indian VillageDiane P. Mines\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Feast of LoveMcKim Marriott\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Delusion of Gender and Renunciation in Buddhist KashmirKim Gutschow\u003cbr\u003e 20. Muslim Village Intellectuals: The Life of the Mind in Northern PakistanMagnus Marsden\u003cbr\u003e 21. In Friendship: A Father, a Daughter and a JinnNaveeda Khan\u003cbr\u003e 22. Vernacular Islam at a Healing Crossroads in HyderabadJoyce Burkhalter Flueckiger\u003cbr\u003e V. Nation-making \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 23. Voices from the PartitionUrvashi Butalia\u003cbr\u003e 24. A Day in the LifeLaura Ring\u003cbr\u003e 25. Living and Dying for Mother India: Hindu Nationalist Female Renouncers and Sacred DutyKalyani Devaki Menon\u003cbr\u003e 26. Political Praise in Tamil Newspapers: The Poetry and Iconography of Democratic PowerBernard Bate\u003cbr\u003e 27. Mala's Dream: Economic Policies, National Debates, and Sri Lankan Garment WorkersCaitrin Lynch\u003cbr\u003e 28. Interviews with High School Students in Eastern Sri LankaMargaret Trawick\u003cbr\u003e VI. Globalization, Public Culture and the South Asian Diaspora\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 29. Cinema in the Countryside: Popular Tamil Film and the Remaking of Rural LifeAnand Pandian\u003cbr\u003e 30. Dangerous Desires: Erotics, Public Culture, and Identity in Late-Twentieth-Century IndiaPurnima Mankekar\u003cbr\u003e 31. A Diaspora Ramayana in SouthallPaula Richman\u003cbr\u003e 32. British Sikh Lives, Lived in TranslationKathleen Hall\u003cbr\u003e 33. Examining the \"Global\" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley\/Bangalore CircuitSmitha Radhakrishnan\u003cbr\u003e 34. Placing Lives through Stories: Second Generation South Asian AmericansKirin Narayan\u003cbr\u003e 35. Unexpected DestinationsE. 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