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Life on the Ganga : boatmen and the ritual economy of Banaras /
This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization and used their privileged position on the river to contest upper-caste and state domination. The author examines the evolution of the boatmen communit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Delhi :
Foundation Books,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization and used their privileged position on the river to contest upper-caste and state domination. The author examines the evolution of the boatmen community, drawing on a variety of sources to illuminate the cultural politics of social and economic inequality in contemporary India. Life on the Ganga: Boatmen and the Ritual Economy of Banaras offers insight into recent debates about the cultural and historical forms of social practice and resistance at the juncture between tradition and the global economy, and will therefore appeal not only to anthropologists, but to anyone working in the field of development studies, globalization, religion, politics and cultural studies. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 239 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789382264941 9382264949 |