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Paperback. Through an ethnography of the Dhanka in Jaipur, this book brings you inside an imaginative work of the long-marginalized tribal communities. It shows how they must affirm and refute their tribal status on a range of levels, from domestic interactions to historical representation, by relegating their status to the past. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253046
ISBN
9780226253046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Takes a look at Hindi films and movie trends - the decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plot - to demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304267
ISBN
9780226304267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Brilliantly illuminates the contradictory forces of colonial occupation and capitalism that shaped the uneven development of Indian national space from 1857 to 1920. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305097
ISBN
9780226305097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322995
ISBN
9780226322995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 576 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HRG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226340517
ISBN
9780226340517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.89
€ 69.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226348308
ISBN
9780226348308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.15
€ 101.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226348445
ISBN
9780226348445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226372600
ISBN
9780226372600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.81

Hardcover. Provides an analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. This title offers an account of the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226384689
ISBN
9780226384689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted over 30 years, the author to this text examines the Sri Lankan advertising industry to show how executives draw on their skills as folk ethnographers to "Sri Lankanize" commodities and practices to make them locally desirable, essentially creating new culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFD; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430416
ISBN
9780226430416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226557236
ISBN
9780226557236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Focusing on the organizations and activities of Hindu ascetics and gurus, the author explores the complex interrelations among religion, the political economy of India and global capitalism. The work illustrates the pervasive presence of Hindu imagery in India's burgeoning market economy. Num Pages: 380 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; JPFN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560106
ISBN
9780226560106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226575162
ISBN
9780226575162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

Paperback. Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748665
ISBN
9780226748665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768106
ISBN
9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779836
ISBN
9780226779836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

paperback. "Tiger Moon" is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats. Num Pages: 187 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RNKH; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779973
ISBN
9780226779973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

paperback. This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka--given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy--are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226789507
ISBN
9780226789507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Frontispiece, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789521
ISBN
9780226789521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; FC; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Fourth Impression
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846477
ISBN
9780226846477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

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