The World of the Banaras Weaver - A Culture in Crisis (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana - the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari - the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry. As the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh takes the centre stage as the site of this ethnographic study, the author documents the dissonance in representations of Banaras as a sacred Hindu city and its essential plural character. The volume * examines in-depth the lives of Banaras Muslims in the social and economic matrix of the sari industry; * highlights how women negotiate between home, family and their place in the artisanal industry; and * sheds light on their fast-changing world of the Banaras weavers and their responses to it. With a new introduction and fresh data, the second edition looks at the subsequent developments in the weaving industry over the last decade. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of social anthropology, gender studies, development studies, sociology and South Asian studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Vasanthi Raman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-36239-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	1-138-36239-5
Barcode:	9781138362390

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