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South Asia in the World: An Introduction: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780765639677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world.
In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the volume begins with foundational material (including chapters on history, language, and, in the case of South Asia, religion), moves to a discussion of globalisation, and then focuses the... This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The varia...
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285,78 zł |
Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984
ISBN: 9780520084070 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur--the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser--as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding her observations and experiences to the Wisers' field notes from the 1920s and 1930s. In this long-awaited book, Wadley gives us a work of unprecedented scope: a portrait of an Indian village as it has changed over a sixty-year period. She hears of changes in agriculture, labor relations, education, and the family. But Karimpur's residents do not speak with one voice in describing the ways their lives have...
Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur--the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser--as a graduate student in 1967. She ret...
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147,70 zł |
South Asia in the World: An Introduction: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780765639660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world.
In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the volume begins with foundational material (including chapters on history, language, and, in the case of South Asia, religion), moves to a discussion of globalisation, and then focuses the... This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The varia...
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Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia
ISBN: 9780812233049 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, comic books, audio recordings, and video programs. The ten original essays here examine the impact on India's traditional social and cultural structures of printed images, audio recordings, film, and video. Contributors Lawrence A. Babb, Steve Derne, John Stratton Hawley, Stephen R.... This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted ... |
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343,00 zł |