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Everyday life in South Asia, edited by Diane P. Mines and Sarah Lamb

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Everyday life in South Asia, edited by Diane P. Mines and Sarah Lamb

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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non fiction

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Everyday life in South Asia

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edited by Diane P. Mines and Sarah Lamb

Summary

This 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 textbook, readings have been updated and new essays added., This 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

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction MapI. The Family and the Life Course Introduction 1. One Straw from a Broom Cannot Sweep: The Ideology and Practice of the Joint Family in Rural North India Susan S. Wadley 2. Allah Gives Both Boys and Girls Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery 3. "Out Here in Kathmandu": Youth and the Contradictions of Modernity in Urban Nepal Mark Liechty 4. Rethinking Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in an Indian Call Center Cari Costanzo Kapur 5. Love and Aging in Bengali Families Sarah LambII. Genders Introduction 6. New Light in the House: Schooling Girls in Rural North India Ann Grodzins Gold 7. Offstage with Special Drama Actresses in Tamilnadu, South India: Roadwork Susan Seizer 8. Breadwinners No More: Identities in Flux Michele Ruth Gamburd 9. Life on the Margins: A Hijra's Story Serena Nanda 10.-Crossing "Lines" of Difference: Transnational Movements and Sexual Subjectivities in Hyderabad, India Gayatri ReddyIII. Caste, Class and Community Introduction 11. Seven Prevalent Misconceptions about India's Caste System 12. God-Chariots in a Garden of Castes: Hierarchy and Festival in a Hindu City Steven M. Parish 13. High and Low Castes in Karani Viramma, with Josiane Racine and Jean Luc Racine 14. Weakness, Worry Illness, and Poverty in the Slums of Dhaka Sabina Faiz Rashid 15. Anjali's Alliance: Class Mobility in Urban India Sara Dickey 16. Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India Ritty LukoseIV. Practicing Religion Introduction 17. The Hindu Gods in a South Indian Village Diane P. Mines 18. The Feast of Love McKim Marriott 19. The Delusion of Gender and Renunciation in Buddhist Kashmir Kim Gutschow 20. Muslim Village Intellectuals: The Life of the Mind in Northern Pakistan Magnus Marsden 21.-In Friendship: A Father, a Daughter and a Jinn Naveeda Khan 22. Vernacular Islam at a Healing Crossroads in Hyderabad Joyce Burkhalter FlueckigerV. Nation-making Introduction 23. Voices from the Partition Urvashi Butalia 24. A Day in the Life Laura Ring 25. Living and Dying for Mother India: Hindu Nationalist Female Renouncers and Sacred Duty Kalyani Devaki Menon 26. Political Praise in Tamil Newspapers: The Poetry and Iconography of Democratic Power Bernard Bate 27. Mala's Dream: Economic Policies, National Debates, and Sri Lankan Garment Workers Caitrin Lynch 28. Interviews with High School Students in Eastern Sri Lanka Margaret TrawickVI. Globalization, Public Culture and the South Asian Diaspora Introduction 29. Cinema in the Countryside: Popular Tamil Film and the Remaking of Rural Life Anand Pandian 30. Dangerous Desires: Erotics, Public Culture, and Identity in Late-Twentieth-Century India Purnima Mankekar 31.-A Diaspora Ramayana in Southall Paula Richman 32. British Sikh Lives, Lived in Translation Kathleen Hall 33. Examining the "Global" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley/Bangalore Circuit Smitha Radhakrishnan 34. Placing Lives through Stories: Second Generation South Asian Americans Kirin Narayan 35. Unexpected Destinations E. Valentine DanielReferences Contributors Index

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