|
Showing 1 - 15 of
15 matches in All Departments
1) This is a multidisciplinary volume on understanding
neighbourhood in Urban South Asia as socio-spatial in character. 2)
It contains articles on urban subjectivities and the idea of lived
spaces with studies from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
and India. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of urban
sociology, anthropology, urban studies, planning and development,
social history, political studies, cultural studies, geography and
South Asian studies.
1) This is a multidisciplinary volume on understanding
neighbourhood in Urban South Asia as socio-spatial in character. 2)
It contains articles on urban subjectivities and the idea of lived
spaces with studies from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
and India. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of urban
sociology, anthropology, urban studies, planning and development,
social history, political studies, cultural studies, geography and
South Asian studies.
1) This book critically examines the cultural politics of visuals
in South Asia. 2) It contains essays written by experts from across
South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of South
Asian Studies, visual and cultural studies, social and cultural
anthropology, sociology, political studies, media and
communications studies, performance studies, art history,
television and film studies, photography studies. It will also
interest practitioners including artists, visual artists,
photographers, filmmakers and media critics.
1) This book critically examines the cultural politics of visuals
in South Asia. 2) It contains essays written by experts from across
South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of South
Asian Studies, visual and cultural studies, social and cultural
anthropology, sociology, political studies, media and
communications studies, performance studies, art history,
television and film studies, photography studies. It will also
interest practitioners including artists, visual artists,
photographers, filmmakers and media critics.
This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and
the performance of power in South Asia. What does humour do and how
does it manifest when lived political circumstances experience
ruptures or instability? Can humour that emerges in such
circumstances be viewed as a specific narrative on the nature of
democracy in the region? Drawing upon essays from India, Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh, this volume discusses many crucial historical and
contemporary themes, including dance-drama performances in northern
India; caste and stand-up comedy in India; cartoon narratives of
citizens' anxieties; civic participation through social media memes
in Sri Lanka; media, politics and humorous public in Bangladesh;
the politics of performance in India; and the influence of humour
and satire as political commentaries. The volume explores the
impact of humour in South Asian folklore, ritual performances,
media and journalism, and online technologies. This topical and
interdisciplinary book will be essential for scholars and
researchers of cultural studies, political science, sociology and
social anthropology, media and communication studies, theatre and
performance studies, and South Asian studies.
This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and
the performance of power in South Asia. What does humour do and how
does it manifest when lived political circumstances experience
ruptures or instability? Can humour that emerges in such
circumstances be viewed as a specific narrative on the nature of
democracy in the region? Drawing upon essays from India, Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh, this volume discusses many crucial historical and
contemporary themes, including dance-drama performances in northern
India; caste and stand-up comedy in India; cartoon narratives of
citizens' anxieties; civic participation through social media memes
in Sri Lanka; media, politics and humorous public in Bangladesh;
the politics of performance in India; and the influence of humour
and satire as political commentaries. The volume explores the
impact of humour in South Asian folklore, ritual performances,
media and journalism, and online technologies. This topical and
interdisciplinary book will be essential for scholars and
researchers of cultural studies, political science, sociology and
social anthropology, media and communication studies, theatre and
performance studies, and South Asian studies.
This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in
contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols
reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of
performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries.
From gender performances and stage depictions to protest movements,
folk songs to cinematic reconstructions and elections to war-torn
regions, the chapters in the book bring the multiple voices
embedded within the grand theatre of popular performance and the
cultural landscape of the region to the fore. Breaking new ground,
this work will prove useful to students and researchers in
sociology and social anthropology, art and performance studies,
political studies and international relations, communication and
media studies and culture studies.
This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in
contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols
reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of
performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries.
From gender performances and stage depictions to protest movements,
folk songs to cinematic reconstructions and elections to war-torn
regions, the chapters in the book bring the multiple voices
embedded within the grand theatre of popular performance and the
cultural landscape of the region to the fore. Breaking new ground,
this work will prove useful to students and researchers in
sociology and social anthropology, art and performance studies,
political studies and international relations, communication and
media studies and culture studies.
Compiling various strands of the dis/enchantment with development
discourse in contemporary South Asia, with specific focus on the
cases from India, this edited book brings together anthropologists,
sociologists, economists, and historians to refresh the
understanding of development. It introduces ways of thinking
"otherwise" about development discourse and what the contributors
term "developmentalism"-the social enchantment with development.
The cultural discourse of development in contemporary South Asia
manifests not only in the official programs of state agencies, but
in cinema, television, and mass media. Dear to various
stakeholders-from government leaders and manufacturers to consumers
and the electorate-is the axiom of a "development(al) society."
Organized to bridge familiar understandings of development with
radical ways of thinking through developmentalism, this book holds
value for those engaged in the anthropology and sociology of
development, development studies, South Asian studies, as well as
for development professionals working for state and
non-governmental organizations.
Compiling various strands of the dis/enchantment with development
discourse in contemporary South Asia, with specific focus on the
cases from India, this edited book brings together anthropologists,
sociologists, economists, and historians to refresh the
understanding of development. It introduces ways of thinking
"otherwise" about development discourse and what the contributors
term "developmentalism"-the social enchantment with development.
The cultural discourse of development in contemporary South Asia
manifests not only in the official programs of state agencies, but
in cinema, television, and mass media. Dear to various
stakeholders-from government leaders and manufacturers to consumers
and the electorate-is the axiom of a "development(al) society."
Organized to bridge familiar understandings of development with
radical ways of thinking through developmentalism, this book holds
value for those engaged in the anthropology and sociology of
development, development studies, South Asian studies, as well as
for development professionals working for state and
non-governmental organizations.
Taking South Asia as its focus, this wide-ranging collection probes
the general reluctance of the cultural anthropology to engage with
contemporary visual art and artists, including painting, sculpture,
performance art and installation. Through case studies engaged
equally in anthropology and visual studies, contributors examine
art and artistic production in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, and Nepal to bring the social and political
complexities of artistic practice to the fore. Demonstrating the
potential of the visual as a means to understand a society, its
values, and its politics, this volume ranges across discourses of
anthropology, sociology, biography, memory, art history, and
contemporary practices of visual art. Ultimately, Intersections of
Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia
simultaneously expands and challenges the disciplinary foci of two
fields: it demonstrates to art criticism and art history the
necessity of anthropological and sociological methodologies and
theories, while at the same time challenging the "iconophobia" of
social sciences.
|
You may like...
Poor Things
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, …
DVD
R449
R329
Discovery Miles 3 290
|