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Informationen zum Autor The Editor Isabelle Clark-Decès is Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Program in South Asian Studies at Princeton University. Her books include The Encounter Never Ends: Return to the Field of Tamil Rituals (2007). Klappentext A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India's globalization in the twenty-first century. Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics that include developments in population and life expectancy, caste and communalism, politics and law, public and religious cultures, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, civil society, social-moral relationships, environment and health. The broad variety of topics on Indian society is balanced with the larger global issues - demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and others - that have transformed the country since the end of colonization. Illuminating the continuity and diversity of Indian culture, A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers important insights into the myriad ways social scientists describe and analyze Indian society and its unique brand of modernity. Zusammenfassung A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India s globalization in the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Isabelle Clark-Decès Part I Caste and Class in Liberal India 23 1 Demography for Anthropologists: Populations, Castes, and Classes 25 Christophe Z. Guilmoto 2 Caste, Class, and Untouchability 45 Robert Deliège 3 Great Expectations: Youth in Contemporary India 62 Craig Jeffrey 4 The Modern Transformation of an Old Elite: The Case of the Tamil Brahmans 80 C. J. Fuller 5 Caste and Collective Memory in South India 98 Zoé E. Headley Part II Cities, Cosmopolitan Styles, and Urban Critics 115 6 "How to Sit, How to Stand": Bodily Practice and the New Urban Middle Class 117 Meredith Lindsay McGuire 7 Global Dancing in Kolkata 137 Pallabi Chakravorty 8 Yoga, Modernity, and the Middle Class: Locating the Body in a World of Desire 154 Joseph S. Alter 9 Tourism in India: The Moral Economy of Gender in Banaras 169 Jenny Huberman 10 Crafts, Artisans, and the Nation-State in India 186 Mira Mohsini 11 Crowds, Congestion, Conviviality: The Enduring Life of the Old City 202 Ajay Gandhi Part III Cultures and Religion in the Making 223 12 Optic-Clash: Modes of Visuality in India 225 Shaila Bhatti and Christopher Pinney 13 Hindu-Muslim Relations and the "War on Terror" 241 Philippa Williams 14 Religious Synthesis at a Muslim Shrine 260 Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi 15 Christianity: Culture, Identity, and Agency 277 Mathew N. Schmalz Part IV Communalism, Nationalism, and Terrorism 295 16 The Politics of Communalism and Caste 297 Ornit Shani 17 Violence, Aggression, and Militancy: Reexamining Gender, and Nonliberal Politics 313 Tarini Bedi 18 India Burning: The Maoist Revolution 332 Alpa Shah Part V Law, Governance, and Civil Society 353 19 Courts of Law and Legal Practice 355 Daniela Berti 20 Law and Order: Police Encounter Killings and Routinized Political Violence 371 Beatrice Jauregui 21 Civil Society and Politics: An Ant...
