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Daughters of Independence
ISBN: 9780813514369 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joanna Liddle and Rama Joshi explore the connection in India between gender and caste, and gender and class. They ask whether the subordination of women has diminished as India moves from a caste to a class structure, and what effect colonization had on the status of women in India. Focusing on educated, professional women, the authors look at the particular experiences of 120 women they interviewed, and also interpret the larger patterns of social relations that emerge from the interviews. These sensitive stories are told with an eloquence that is often moving and inspiring.
For thousands... Joanna Liddle and Rama Joshi explore the connection in India between gender and caste, and gender and class. They ask whether the subordination of wom...
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150,91 |
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Borders and Boundaries: How Women Experienced the Partition of India
ISBN: 9780813525525 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1947 India was simultaneously freed--and divided. The departure of the British was accompanied by a bloody partition in which one million people perished and over ten million were displaced. Borders
In 1947 India was simultaneously freed--and divided. The departure of the British was accompanied by a bloody partition in which one million people pe...
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160,64 |
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The Armed Forces of Pakistan
ISBN: 9780814716335 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To the north an extended civil war in Afghanistan fueled by arms from Russia and the US. To the west a fundamentalist Islamic region in Iran with links to international terrorism. To the northeast a secessionist guerilla war in Kashmir. To the east, India, with which Pakistan has fought two wars in forty years. In these volatile circumstances, Pakistan's armed forces continue to play an important role both internally and externally. Since their creation out of the communal violence of partition at the end of WWII, the armed forces of Pakistan have played a central role in the... To the north an extended civil war in Afghanistan fueled by arms from Russia and the US. To the west a fundamentalist Islamic region in Iran with l... |
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575,69 |
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White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India
ISBN: 9780814780831 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the White Mutiny of 1859-61--the largest revolt the British army ever faced--European troops operating on behalf of the East India Company rebelled against their transfer to the service of the Queen of England. Through an analysis of the White Mutiny, Peter Stanley provides a portrait of emerging working-class consciousness among the troops and reveals how the British army, the preeminent icon of English imperialism, first maintained, then lost, control over a vast and generally hostile sub-continent. In cantonment offices in Meerut and Calcutta, we find unimpaired the class... In the White Mutiny of 1859-61--the largest revolt the British army ever faced--European troops operating on behalf of the East India Company rebel... |
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575,69 |
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The Idea of Pakistan
ISBN: 9780815715030 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stephen Cohen updates his critically acclaimed book with a discerning view of significant recent events in the region, particularly the devastating earthquake in Kashmir and its after affects. The quake killed over 70,000 people and left another 3 million homeless in one of the most remote, inhospitable parts of the world. Cohen observes how the catastrophic event has affected Pakistan's political, military, and economic structures, as well as its relationships with other countries. Praise for the previous edition: "A lucid, penetrating and brilliantly constructed book on the state and... Stephen Cohen updates his critically acclaimed book with a discerning view of significant recent events in the region, particularly the devastating... |
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97,30 |
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India's New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform
ISBN: 9780816649280 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today India's middle class numbers more than 250 million people and is growing rapidly. Public reports have focused mainly on the emerging group's consumer potential, while global views of India's new economy range from excitement about market prospects to anxieties over outsourcing of service sector jobs. Yet the consequences of India's economic liberalization and the expansion of the middle class have transformed Indian culture and politics. In India's New Middle Class, Leela Fernandes digs into the implications of this growth and uncovers--in the media, in electoral politics, and on the...
Today India's middle class numbers more than 250 million people and is growing rapidly. Public reports have focused mainly on the emerging group's con...
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107,05 |
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Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India
ISBN: 9780822334323 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the lives of popular theater artists, Stigmas of the Tamil Stage is the first in-depth analysis of Special Drama, a genre of performance unique to the southernmost Indian state of Tamilnadu. Held in towns and villages throughout the region, Special Drama performances last from 10 p.m. until dawn. There are no theatrical troupes in Special Drama; individual artists are contracted "specially" for each event. The first two hours of each performance are filled with the kind of bawdy, improvisational comedy that is the primary focus of this study; the remaining hours present more...
A study of the lives of popular theater artists, Stigmas of the Tamil Stage is the first in-depth analysis of Special Drama, a genre of perform...
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525,72 |
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Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India
ISBN: 9780822334439 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the lives of popular theater artists, Stigmas of the Tamil Stage is the first in-depth analysis of Special Drama, a genre of performance unique to the southernmost Indian state of Tamilnadu. Held in towns and villages throughout the region, Special Drama performances last from 10 p.m. until dawn. There are no theatrical troupes in Special Drama; individual artists are contracted "specially" for each event. The first two hours of each performance are filled with the kind of bawdy, improvisational comedy that is the primary focus of this study; the remaining hours present more...
A study of the lives of popular theater artists, Stigmas of the Tamil Stage is the first in-depth analysis of Special Drama, a genre of perform...
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175,25 |
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Mobilizing India: Women, Music, and Migration Between India and Trinidad
ISBN: 9780822338284 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Descendants of indentured laborers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad s population today. While many Indo-Trinidadians identify themselves as Indian, what Indian signifies about nationalism, gender, culture, caste, race, and religion in the Caribbean is different from what it means on the subcontinent. Yet the ways that Indianness is conceived of and performed in India and in Trinidad have historically been, and remain, intimately related. Offering an innovative analysis of how ideas of Indian identity negotiated within the...
Descendants of indentured laborers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad s population...
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457,57 |
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The Crisis of Secularism in India
ISBN: 9780822338314 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collection of essays that focuses on the effects of the secular state government on religious minorities in India.
Collection of essays that focuses on the effects of the secular state government on religious minorities in India.
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525,72 |
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Mobilizing India: Women, Music, and Migration between India and Trinidad
ISBN: 9780822338420 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Descendants of indentured laborers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad's population today. While many Indo-Trinidadians identify themselves as Indian, what "Indian" signifies--about nationalism, gender, culture, caste, race, and religion--in the Caribbean is different from what it means on the subcontinent. Yet the ways that "Indianness" is conceived of and performed in India and in Trinidad have historically been, and remain, intimately related. Offering an innovative analysis of how ideas of Indian identity negotiated within...
Descendants of indentured laborers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad's population...
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136,25 |
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The Crisis of Secularism in India
ISBN: 9780822338468 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While secularism has been integral to India's democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the violence directed against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and the precarious situation of India's minority religious groups more generally; the existence of personal laws that vary by religious community; the affiliation of political parties with fundamentalist religious organizations; and the rallying of a significant proportion of the diasporic Hindu community behind a resurgent...
While secularism has been integral to India's democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis i...
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155,77 |
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Two Tales of Crow and Sparrow: A Freudian Folkloristic Essay on Caste and Untouchability
ISBN: 9780847684571 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This provocative book by a leading folklorist offers a new analysis of caste in India, focusing on the rationale underlying the customs surrounding untouchability. Drawing on clues contained in two fascinating folktales, Alan Dundes goes beyond Dumont's classic Homo Hierarchicus in deconstructing the pervasive pollution complex that prevents millions of individuals from entering temples or drawing water from community wells. His graceful and erudite explanation of caste also illuminates the mysterious worship of the sacred cow as well as sati/suttee, or widow burning. The author concludes by...
This provocative book by a leading folklorist offers a new analysis of caste in India, focusing on the rationale underlying the customs surrounding un...
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184,98 |
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Domains Two
ISBN: 9780974883939 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume of Domains, contains: "Selvi's Revenge" by Mangalika de Silva; "Ethnic differences and urban neighbourhood relationships among slum dwellers of Colombo" by Niriellage Chandrasiri Niriella; "Towards a political economy of Sri Lanka's 'ethnic' conflict," Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah & "Broken Glass: Women, Violence and the Rule of Law," Radhika Coomaraswamy. Domains is the refereed, scholarly journal of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is edited by senior research fellow Pradeep Jeganathan.
The second volume of Domains, contains: "Selvi's Revenge" by Mangalika de Silva; "Ethnic differences and urban neighbourhood relationships among slum ...
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68,23 |
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Connected Places: Region, Pilgrimage, and Geographical Imagination in India
ISBN: 9781403963239 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the people living in the area of Maharashtra, Feldhaus draws some very interesting conclusions about how people differentiate one region from others, and how we use stories, rituals, and ceremonies to recreate their importance. Feldhaus discovers that religious meanings attached to regions do not necessarily have a political teleology. According to...
This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that region...
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402,53 |
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Gender, Identity, and Imperialism: Women Development Workers in Pakistan
ISBN: 9781403979919 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present.
An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim communi...
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201,24 |
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The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India: Asian Realignments After the 1997 Financial Crisis
ISBN: 9781403982001 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book demonstrates the connection between economic and strategic developments in Asia with several, interrelated arguments. The author asserts that there is no single explanation for the 1997 financial crisis in the Pacific Rim states, nor for the slow recovery afterwards. The author also points out that China is not the only major power rising in Asia; India is close behind, and warns that while many observers are proceeding as if current U.S. treaties will continue indefinitely, Asia is already preparing for changing patrons.
This book demonstrates the connection between economic and strategic developments in Asia with several, interrelated arguments. The author asserts tha...
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201,24 |
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History And Constitution Of The Courts And Legislative Authorities In India
ISBN: 9781406708776 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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85,10 |
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Outram in India: The Morality of Empire
ISBN: 9781434304605 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,07 |
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Born in Lhasa
ISBN: 9781559391023 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is a fabulous account of the old traditions of her culture and the inspiring strength with which she faced her own personal struggles and the loss of the world she knew as a child.
It is a fabulous account of the old traditions of her culture and the inspiring strength with which she faced her own personal struggles and the loss ...
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75,83 |
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