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  • Frobenius-Institut  (5)
  • OLC Ethnologie
  • London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group  (5)
  • Soziales Leben  (5)
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  • 1
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    Book
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 978-1-138-39384-4 , 1-138-39384-3
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 139 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: first published
    Keywords: Anthropologie, soziale Wunder ; Beziehungen, zwischenmenschliche ; Soziales Leben
    Abstract: What can wonder engender in terms of religious, political, and broader social practice? Thinkers from Plato to Martin Heidegger and Cornelius Castoriadis; surrealists such as Andre Breton and Pierre Mabille; and most recently the religious philosopher Mary-Jane Rubenstein have all explored the ways that wonder is not articulated once and for all, but continuously worked upon. This book engages with anthropological explorations of wonder, responding to recent work by Michael W. Scott in order to bring the weight, colour, scent and sound of real ethnographic encounters to new ways of thinking about wonder. The question for contributors is how wonder works as an index of challenges to the known, the moral, the true, and the real. The case studies reveal how probing wonder can bring us closer to understanding the formation of social institutions as various `modalities of wonder` destabilize old forms and articulate new ones.
    Note: This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Religious and Political Practice.
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  • 2
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    Book
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 978-1-138-69749-2 , 978-1-315-29795-8/eBook
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 192 Seiten , As VII
    Edition: first published
    Series Statement: Religion and Citizenship
    Keywords: Indien Stadtforschung, ethnologische ; Urbanisation ; Muslime ; Soziale Bedingungen ; Nachbarschaft ; Soziales Leben ; Minorität ; Segregation ; Gemeindesoziologie ; Kalkutta 〈Stadt, Indien〉
    Abstract: Part of the 'Religion and Citizenship' series, this book is an ethnographic study of marginality of Muslims in urban India. It explores the realities and consequences of socio-spatial segregation faced by Muslim communities and the various ways in which they negotiate it in the course of their everyday lives. By narrating lived experiences of ordinary Muslims, the author attempts to construct their identities as citizens and subjects. What emerges is a highly variegated picture of a group (otherwise viewed as monolithic) that resides in very close quarters, more as a result of compulsion than choice, despite wide differences across language, ethnicity, sect and social class. The book also looks into the potential outcomes that socio-spatial segregation spelt on communal lines hold for the future of the urban landscape in South Asia. Rich in ethnographic data and accessible in its approach, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, human geography, political sociology, urban studies and political science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Construction of Communal Geographies: Kolkata's Muslim Neighbourhoods 2. Park Circus: A Profile of a Muslim Neighbourhood 3. Diversities, Differences and Social Relations 4. Local Politics and the Everyday State 5. Economic Life, Aspirations and Social Mobility 6. Exclusion, Insecurity and Confinement: Negotiating Identity in a Muslim Neighbourhood Conclusion Bibliography
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 177-188
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  • 3
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    Book
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 978-0-415-40966-7 , 978-0-415-61174-9 , 9780203875421/eBook
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 224 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    DDC: 302.230954
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    Keywords: Indien Massenmedien ; Urheberrecht ; Technologie, moderne ; Stadt ; Stadtforschung, ethnologische ; Stadtplanung ; Globalisierung ; Soziale Bedingungen ; Soziales Leben ; Gesellschaft, moderne ; Delhi 〈Indien〉
    Abstract: Using Delhi's contemporary history as a site for reflection, Pirate Modernity moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US planners in the 1950s, to the massive expansions after 1977, culminating in the urban crisis of the 1990s. As a practice, pirate modernity is an illicit form of urban globalization. Poorer urban populations increasingly inhabit non-legal spheres: unauthorized neighborhoods, squatter camps and bypass legal technological infrastructures (media, electricity). This pirate culture produces a significant enabling resource for subaltern populations unable to enter the legal city. Equally, this is an unstable world, bringing subaltern populations into the harsh glare of permanent technological visibility, and attacks by urban elites, courts and visceral media industries. The book examines contemporary Delhi from some of these sites: the unmaking of the citys modernist planning design, new technological urban networks that bypass states and corporations, and the tragic experience of the road accident terrifyingly enhanced by technological culture. Pirate Modernity moves between past and present, along with debates in Asia, Africa and Latin America on urbanism, media culture, and everyday life. This pioneering book suggests cities have to be revisited afresh after proliferating media culture. Pirate Modernity boldly draws from urban and cultural theory to open a new agenda for a world after media urbanism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. A city of order: the Masterplan -- 2. Media urbanism -- 3. The pirate kingdom -- 4. Death and the accident -- 5. Conclusion: An information city?.
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 200-215
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  • 4
    ISBN: 0-7546-4942-3 , 978-0-7546-4942-7
    Language: English
    Pages: XI, 215 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten
    Edition: first published
    Series Statement: Urban Anthropology Series
    Keywords: Indien Mittelklasse ; Frau ; Mutterschaft ; Identität ; Liebe ; Heirat ; Privatheit ; Familie ; Geburt ; Erziehung ; Elternschaft ; Soziales Leben ; Soziale Rolle ; Soziale Bedingungen ; Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen ; Kalkutta 〈Stadt, Indien〉
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [187]-202
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  • 5
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    Book
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 978-0-7546-7550-1 , 978-1-3152-6084-6/eBook , 978-0-8153-4650-0
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 198 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
    Keywords: Indien Bangladesh ; Uttar Pradesh ; Kaste ; Boot ; Schiffahrt ; Soziale Bedingungen ; Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen ; Tradition ; Globalisierung ; Soziales Leben ; Alltag ; Subalternität ; Politik und Gesellschaft ; Varanasi 〈Stadt, Indien〉 ; Ganges 〈Fluss〉
    Abstract: 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. Assa Doron 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. Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges 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.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Series editors' preface: Ritual transformations and the edges of history, Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart; Introduction; The criminal type: domesticating the Ganges boatmen; 'Step-sons of the state': marginalization and the struggle for recognition; The moral economy of boating: territorial clashes and internal struggles; River crossings: boatmen, priests and the ritual economy of Banaras; The romance of Banaras: boatmen, pilgrims and tourists; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexContents include: 'The Criminal Type: Domesticating the Ganges Boatmen', 'The Moral Economy of Boating: Territorial Clashes and Internet Struggles' and 'The Romance of Banaras: Boatmen, Pilgrims and Tourists'.
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 179-194
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