The politics of the (im)possible: utopia and dystopia reconsidered

Bagchi, Barnita (ed.)

ISBN: 9788132107347, 8132107349

The volume brings together articles on utopia and dystopia in a breath of disciplines-history, literature, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, and Native American Studies.

Postmodernism or the cultural logic of late capitalism

Jameson, Fredric

ISBN: 9788131605066, 813160506X

Pukka Indian: 100 objects that define India

Nandan, Jahnvi Lakhota

ISBN: 9789351941408, 935194140X

Pukka Indian or Purely Indian brings together hundred objects that are the most coveted symbols representing Indian culture and design. This illustrated book celebrates the diversity, versatility, vibrancy, and colours of design icons--ranging from kulhad to the Kolhapuri chappal, Nano to the Nehru jacket and auto rickshaw meter to the Ambassador--that set them apart in a country as multifariou...

Rabindranath Tagore: a mind staring into infinity, ed. by Chhanda Chatterjee

ISBN: 9789384082826, 9384082821

The book explores the multifaceted genius of Rabindranath Tagore in rescuing the stagnant cultural life of Bengal from its many inhibitions. In this collection of essays, our contributors explore the works and legacy of a man much ahead of his time.

Re-imagining Australia and India: culture and identity

Gopal. D et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788182747593, 8182747597

This volume brings together key themes from the fourth international conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA).

Vulnerability, marginalization and culture (felicitation volume for Prof. Deepak Kumar Behera)

ISBN: 9789386682550, 9386682559

This Felicitation Volume is dedicated to Prof. Deepak Kumar Behera and his contribution to the Anthropology of Odisha, India and beyond. The volume brings together researchers from India and beyond who collaborated with Prof. Behera throughout the last years.

Religion and making of a region (a study of Santal Parganas)

Jha, Amar Nath

ISBN: 9788177023893, 8177023896

The book is on the role played by the Baidyanath cult in the development of the regional culture of the Santal Paraganas.

Religion, caste, tribe and gender: essays on society, culture and development in India, ed. by Greg Bailey et al

ISBN: 9789378314315, 9378314317

This volume brings together essays on some fundamental themes of Indian culture and society, now and in the past. They bring to bear contemporary social science methods and historiography to explore the interface between religion, social conflict, gender status and economic inequality.

The unexplored kingdom: people & folk cultures of Bhutan

Sanyal, Subrata

ISBN: 9789389136074, 9389136075

New kings of the world: the rise and rise of Eastern pop culture

Bhutto, Fatima

ISBN: 9789388292894, 9388292898

There is a vast cultural movement emerging from the Global South and sweeping all before it. India's Shah Rukh Khan, after all, is the most popular actor in the world. Bollywood, Turkish soap operas called dizi, K-pop and other aspects of Eastern pop culture are international in their range and allure and the biggest challenger yet to America's monopoly since the end of World War II. Bestsellin...

Research methods for cultural studies, ed. by Michael Pickering

ISBN: 9788131607848, 8131607844

Tribal development, culture, fiction,

ISBN: 9789387945975, 9387945979

This volume is a treasury of research articles with a main focus on contemporary socio-cultural life of Indian tries and their contribution to the foundation of human civilisation.

Ritual, heritage and identity: the politics of culture and performance in a globalised world

Brosius, Christiane et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9780415677967, 0415677963

The volume is the first interdisciplinary attempt to understand the significance of rituals and related performative traditions in the creation of grounded cultural identities, and `home' and heritage as geographically experienceable locations.

Role of culture in development

Vatsyayan, Kapila

ISBN: 9788124609057, 8124609055

This book covers a spectrum of topics related to culture and development that Dr Kapila Vatsyayan presented on different occasions and platforms.

Society and Culture in South Asia (2 issues per year), (ISSN: 2393-8617)

It is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in the fields of sociology, social anthropology in the main, and sociology of education, sociology of medicine, arts and aesthetics, cultural studies, sociolog of mass media, society of law, urban studies inter alia.

Humour and the performance of power in South Asia: anxiety, laughter and politics in unstable times,

ISBN: 9781032332451, 103233245X

Say to the sun, Don't Rise, and to the moon, Don't Set: two oral narratives from the countryside of Maharashtra, ed. and tr. by Anne Feldhaus with Ramdas Atkar et al

ISBN: 9789384082680, 9384082686

Pastoralist traditions have long been extraordinarily important to the social, economic, political and cultural life of the Maharashtra region in western India. The oral literature of the Marathi-speaking Dhangar shepherds of Maharashtra is not only an important element of the traditional cultural life of the region, but also a treasure of world literature. This volume presents translations of ...

But you don't look like a Muslim

Jalil, Rakhshanda

ISBN: 9789353026813, 9353026814

Social dimensions of modern Tamil

Annamalai, E.

ISBN: 9788185602660, 8185602662

Society and culture in India: their dynamics through the ages

Deva, Indra et al.

ISBN: 9788170335160, 8170335167

The book provides a new and deeper understanding of the processes of social change, social stratifications, family status of woman, religion, the doctrine of Karma, and Sanskaras, the Asramas, and cultural interaction among ancient civilizations.