Critical events : an anthropological perspective on contemporary India (Record no. 48172)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 02173nam a2200193Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220211000151.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200204s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 019563540X
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306 DAS
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Das,Veena
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Critical events : an anthropological perspective on contemporary India
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Delhi
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 230p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book identifies certain critical moments in the history of contemporary India. These events concern Partition, sati, minority rights, the Bhopal industrial disaster, the nature of the Indian state, and various socio-legal issues. Veena Das redescribes these events and their implications within the framework of anthropological knowledge. Her methodologically innovative attempt here is to produce an enthnography of modern India which is sensitive to both world historical processes as well as the inner life of individuals. She shows the various social transformations that have resulted in new configurations of relations between the local and the global within India.<br/>The critical events that Professor Das analyses I have all instituted new sorts of action, which have in turn redefined traditional categories such as codes of purity and honour, the meaning of martyrdom, and the construction of a heroic life. The author shows how these new forms took shape and were appropriated by a variety of political actors, such as caste groups, religious communities, women's groups, and the nation as a whole.<br/><br/>Communalism, rioting, the abduction of women, militant discourse, legal pluralism and the reconsitution of social memory and history by social groups are some of the other important issues which form the core of this book. The author reflects throughout on the nature of anthropological knowledge, on suffering as a means of creating memory, and on the possibilities of justice within the framework of existing deconstructive practices. Finally, this book gives a privileged position to the voices of those who are victims of large global, social and technological processes.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Anthropology-India
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-04   306 DAS 58460 2020-02-04 2020-02-04 Books

Powered by Koha