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White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India
Sarah E. Lamb
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Description for White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India
Paperback. Explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. This book focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. It explores ideals of family life and the intricate interrelationships between and within generations. Num Pages: 323 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to open up new ways of thinking about South Asian social life, but also to contribute to contemporary theories of gender, the body, and culture, which have been hampered, the book argues, by a static focus on youth. Lamb's own experiences in the village are an integral part of her ... Read more
This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to open up new ways of thinking about South Asian social life, but also to contribute to contemporary theories of gender, the body, and culture, which have been hampered, the book argues, by a static focus on youth. Lamb's own experiences in the village are an integral part of her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
623 g
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520220010
SKU
V9780520220010
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About Sarah E. Lamb
Sarah Lamb is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University.
Reviews for White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India
This richly detailed ethnography describes ideas about aging, gender, and body in a Bengali village in North India. - Choice