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Book SynopsisAn anthology that provides a view of the lives of ordinary citizens in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. It explores key themes in understanding the region, including gender, caste, class, religion, globalization, economic liberalization, nationalism, and emerging modernities.
Trade ReviewEveryday Life in South Asia . . . is extremely accessible and has plenty to offer as introductory material for a wide range of topics.
* New Asia Books *
[T]he book offers keenly observed ethnographic snapshots, theorized by the authors and contextualized by the engaging section introductions. Indeed, the varied, rich, and sensitive portrayal of the ordinary (and extraordinary) lives of South Asians of vastly diverse backgrounds is just one of the volume's many strengths.
* Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *
Richly informative but accessible and user friendly for classroom use. . . . This excellent volume of essays belongs in many places—on the shelves of specialists and non-specialists alike.
* Journal of Asian Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Map
I. The Family and the Life Course
Introduction
1. One Straw from a Broom Cannot Sweep: The Ideology and Practice of the Joint Family in Rural North India Susan S. Wadley
2. Allah Gives Both Boys and Girls Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery
3. "Out Here in Kathmandu": Youth and the Contradictions of Modernity in Urban Nepal Mark Liechty
4. Rethinking Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in an Indian Call Center Cari Costanzo Kapur
5. Love and Aging in Bengali Families Sarah Lamb
II. Genders
Introduction
6. New Light in the House: Schooling Girls in Rural North India Ann Grodzins Gold
7. Offstage with Special Drama Actresses in Tamilnadu, South India: Roadwork Susan Seizer
8. Breadwinners No More: Identities in Flux Michele Ruth Gamburd
9. Life on the Margins: A Hijra's Story Serena Nanda
10. Crossing "Lines" of Difference: Transnational Movements and Sexual Subjectivities in Hyderabad, India Gayatri Reddy
III. Caste, Class and Community
Introduction
11. Seven Prevalent Misconceptions about India's Caste System
12. God-Chariots in a Garden of Castes: Hierarchy and Festival in a Hindu City Steven M. Parish
13. High and Low Castes in Karani Viramma, with Josiane Racine and Jean Luc Racine
14. Weakness, Worry Illness, and Poverty in the Slums of Dhaka Sabina Faiz Rashid
15. Anjali's Alliance: Class Mobility in Urban India Sara Dickey
16. Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India Ritty Lukose
IV. Practicing Religion
Introduction
17. The Hindu Gods in a South Indian Village Diane P. Mines
18. The Feast of Love McKim Marriott
19. The Delusion of Gender and Renunciation in Buddhist Kashmir Kim Gutschow
20. Muslim Village Intellectuals: The Life of the Mind in Northern Pakistan Magnus Marsden
21. In Friendship: A Father, a Daughter and a Jinn Naveeda Khan
22. Vernacular Islam at a Healing Crossroads in Hyderabad Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
V. Nation-making
Introduction
23. Voices from the Partition Urvashi Butalia
24. A Day in the Life Laura Ring
25. Living and Dying for Mother India: Hindu Nationalist Female Renouncers and Sacred Duty Kalyani Devaki Menon
26. Political Praise in Tamil Newspapers: The Poetry and Iconography of Democratic Power Bernard Bate
27. Mala's Dream: Economic Policies, National Debates, and Sri Lankan Garment Workers Caitrin Lynch
28. Interviews with High School Students in Eastern Sri Lanka Margaret Trawick
VI. Globalization, Public Culture and the South Asian Diaspora
Introduction
29. Cinema in the Countryside: Popular Tamil Film and the Remaking of Rural Life Anand Pandian
30. Dangerous Desires: Erotics, Public Culture, and Identity in Late-Twentieth-Century India Purnima Mankekar
31. A Diaspora Ramayana in Southall Paula Richman
32. British Sikh Lives, Lived in Translation Kathleen Hall
33. Examining the "Global" Indian Middle Class: Gender and Culture in the Silicon Valley/Bangalore Circuit Smitha Radhakrishnan
34. Placing Lives through Stories: Second Generation South Asian Americans Kirin Narayan
35. Unexpected Destinations E. Valentine Daniel
References
Contributors
Index
