{"product_id":"kaleidoscopic-ethnicity-international-migration-and-the-reconstruction-of-community-identities-in-india-hardback-9780813530895","title":"Kaleidoscopic Ethnicity; International Migration and the Reconstruction of Community Identities in India (Hardback) 9780813530895","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKaleidoscopic Ethnicity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInternational Migration and the Reconstruction of Community Identities in India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePrema A. Kurien (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813530895\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-Winner of the 2003 American Sociological Association's Asia\/Asian American book award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on ethnographic research in three communities (Ezhava Hindu, Mappila Muslim, and Syrian Christian) in Kerala, India, which sent large numbers of workers to the Middle East for temporary jobs, \u003ci\u003eKaleidoscopic Ethnicity \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the factors responsible for the striking differences in the groups’ patterns of migration and migration-induced social change. Most broadly, Prema Kurien seeks to understand what ethnicity is and how it affects people’s activities and decisions. She argues that, in each case, a community-specific nexus of religion, gender, and status shaped migration, and was, in turn, transformed by it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The religious background of the three groups determined their social location within colonial and postcolonial Kerala. This social location in turn affected their occupational profiles, family structures, and social networks, as well as their conceptions of gender and honor, and thus was fundamental in shaping migration patterns. The rapid enrichment brought about by international migration resulted in a reinterpretation of religious identity and practice which was manifested by changes in patterns of gendered behavior and status in each of the three communities. What makes this book unique is its focus on the sociocultural patterns of short-term international migration and its comparative ethnographic approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1. Ethnicity and International Migration\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Kaleidoscope of Ethnicity: Religion, Status, and Gender\u003cbr\u003e 3. Colonialism and Ethnogenesis\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Middle Eastern Migration from Kerala\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ethnicity and Migration in Veni: Strengthening Solidarity and the Joint Family\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ethnicity and Migration in Cherur: The Decastification of Status\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ethnicity and Migration in Kembu: Strengthening the Nuclear Family and Women\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Ethnic Kaleidoscope and International Migration Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559283487000,"sku":"9780813530895","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kaleidoscopic-ethnicity-international-migration-and-the-reconstruction-of-community-identities-in-india-hardback-9780813530895","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}