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A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia - Intoxicating Affairs (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,440
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A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia - Intoxicating Affairs (Paperback): Harald Fischer-Tine, Jana Tschurenev

A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia - Intoxicating Affairs (Paperback)

Harald Fischer-Tine, Jana Tschurenev

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

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At the beginning of the 21st century, alcoholism, transnational drug trafficking and drug addiction constitute major problems in various South Asian countries. The production, circulation and consumption of intoxicating substances created (and responded to) social upheavals in the region and had widespread economic, political and cultural repercussions on an international level. This book looks at the cultural, social, and economic history of intoxicants in South Asia, and analyses the role that alcohol and drugs have played in the region. The book explores the linkages between changing meanings of intoxicating substances, the making of and contestations over colonial and national regimes of regulation, economics, and practices and experiences of consumption. It shows the development of current meanings of intoxicants in South Asia - in terms of politics, cultural norms and identity formation - and the way in which the history of drugs and alcohol is enmeshed in the history of modern empires and nation states - even in a country in which a staunch teetotaller and active anti-drug crusader like Mohandas Gandhi is presented as the 'father of the nation'. Primarily a historical analysis, the book also includes perspectives from Modern Indology and Cultural Anthropology and situates developments in South Asia in wider imperial and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars working on the social and cultural history of alcohol and drugs, South Asian Studies and Global History.

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Imprint: Crc Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Release date: October 2017
First published: 2013
Editors: Harald Fischer-Tine • Jana Tschurenev
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-0-8153-7341-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 0-8153-7341-4
Barcode: 9780815373414

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