Temple Tracks Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia.

The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sinha, Vineeta (auth)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berghahn Books 2023.
Temas:
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Trains & railways: general interest.
Anthropology
Cultural & Social
Emigration & Immigration
History
Railroads
Social Science
Transportation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure and transnational mobilities with religion. In Malaysia and Singapore, evidence of religion-making and railway-building from a colonial past is visible in multiple modes and media as memories, recollections and 'traces'.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781805390169
1805390163

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