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Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation
Kamala Visweswaran
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Description for Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation
Hardback. Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity.
Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity.
- Presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins and development of the eight nations comprising modern South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
- Explores South Asia’s common cultures, languages and religions and their relationship to its ethnic and national differences
- Features essays that provide understandings of the central dynamics of South Asia as an important cultural, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
Global Perspectives
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405100625
SKU
V9781405100625
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Kamala Visweswaran
Kamala Visweswaran is Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of Fictions of Feminist Ethnography (1994), Uncommon Cultures (2010), and the forthcoming A Thousand Genocides Now: Gujarat in the Modern Imaginary of Violence.
Reviews for Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation
"Dense with information and thoughtfully organized and presented, this reader provides students with a thorough overview of the study of the region, as well as in-depth examples of its culture, society, economics, and daily life." (Book News, 1 August 2011)