ISBN:
9780520398573
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 231 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Islamic humanities 5
Series Statement:
Islamic humanities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lanzillo, Amanda Pious labor
DDC:
331.0954
Keywords:
Islam
;
Handwerk
;
Technischer Fortschritt
;
Wirtschaftsgeschichte
;
Indien
;
Muslim artisans 19th century
;
Muslim artisans 20th century
;
Islam 19th century
;
Islam 20th century
;
Technology 19th century
;
Technology 20th century
;
Britisch-Indien
;
Islam
;
Kunsthandwerk
;
Technischer Fortschritt
Abstract:
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class people across northern India found themselves negotiating rapid industrial change, emerging technologies, and class hierarchies. In response to these massive changes, Indian Muslim artisans began to publicly assert the deep relation between their religion and their labor, using the increasingly accessible popular press to redefine Islamic traditions "from below." Centering the stories and experiences of metalsmiths, stonemasons, tailors, press workers, and carpenters, Pious Labor tells the story of colonial-era social changes through the perspectives of the workers themselves. As Amanda Lanzillo shows, the colonial marginalization of these artisans is intimately linked with the continued exclusion of laboring voices today. By drawing on previously unstudied Urdu-language technical manuals and community histories, Lanzillo highlights not only the materiality of artisanal production but also the cultural agency of artisanal producers, filling in a major gap in South Asian history."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
