This book examines two subordinated groups - "untouchables" and women - in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of "untouchable" women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity - gender, caste, an…
This book examines two subordinated groups - "untouchables" and women - in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of "untouchable" women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity - gender, caste, an…
"An ethnography of rural farmers in India that brings to light the devastating consequences of large agrobusiness. This book is the first in the new Global Change / Global Health series"--.
"Geographies of Anticolonialism brings together a varied selection of historical sources and literature to explore Indian anticolonialism in new ways. Anticolonialism, an often overlooked concept in geography, can be defined as internal and external resistance to the practices a…
Reel world -- Dreams -- Hope -- Space -- Art -- Love -- Desire -- Light -- Color -- Time -- Imagination -- Pleasure -- Sound -- Voice -- Rhythm -- Speed -- Wonder -- Fate -- An anthropology of creation.
"The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hin…
