States of exception : everyday life and postcolonial identity /

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A philosophical anthropology of everyday experience, this book is also a deeply informed and thought-provoking reflection on the work of cultural critique. States of Exception looks into a community of immigrants from India living in southern New Jersey--a group to whom the author, as a daughter of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ganguly, Keya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2001.
Temas:
East Indian Americans > Ethnic identity.
East Indian Americans > Psychology.
East Indian Americans > Social life and customs.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Memory (Philosophy)
Postcolonialism > Social aspects > United States.
Postcolonialism > United States > Psychological aspects.
Américains d'origine indienne > Identité ethnique.
Américains d'origine indienne > Psychologie.
Américains d'origine indienne > Mœurs et coutumes.
Identité.
Mémoire (Philosophie)
Postcolonialisme > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Postcolonialisme > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
identity.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects
East Indian Americans > Ethnic identity
East Indian Americans > Psychology
East Indian Americans > Social life and customs
Ethnic relations
United States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Gunga Din and other anomalies
  • Writing the field
  • The antinomies of everyday life
  • Personal memory and the contradictions of selfhood
  • Food and the habitus
  • The dialectics of ethnic spectatorship.

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