The Artisans Of Banaras

Author : Nita Kumar
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400886999

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The Artisans of Banaras by Nita Kumar Pdf

Nita Kumar offers an evocative and sensitive portrayal of rarely explored aspects of Hindu culture through her analysis of the way leisure time is used by Hindu and Muslim artisans of Banaras--the weavers, metalworkers, and woodworkers. Music, festivals, the place of physical culture, and the importance of going "to the outer side" all are examined as Kumar looks at changes that have occurred in leisure-time activities over the last century. The discussion raises questions of the cultural and conceptual aspects of working-class life, the role of fun and play in Indian thought, the importance of public activities in terms of personal identity, and the meaning of an Indian city to its residents. This analysis turns away from the usual models of Hindu-Muslim conflict by seeing divisions based on occupation, income level, education, and urban neighborhood as more relevant for the construction of identity than those based on religion or community. Kumar draws her information from police station records, Hindi newspapers and periodicals, publications of local individuals and organizations, oral history, and ethnographic data. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Nita Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608063819

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Author : Nita Kumar,Nita
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Artisans
ISBN : 8125003622

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Artisans Of Banaras, The: Popular Culture And Identity 1880 1986 by Nita Kumar,Nita Pdf

Nita Kumar Offers An Evocative And Sensitive Portrayal Of Rarely Explored Aspects Of Hindu Culture Through Her Analysis Of The Way Leisure Time Is Used By Hindu And Muslim Artisans Of Banaras The Weavers, Metalworkers, And Woodworkers. The Importance Of Going To The Outer Side , The Place Of Physical Culture, Music, And Festivals All Are Examined As Kumar Looks At Changes That Have Occurred In Leisure-Time Activities Over The Last Century. The Discussion Raises Questions Of The Cultural And Conceptual Aspects Of Working-Class Life, The Role Of Fun And Play In Indian Thought, The Importance Of Public Activities In Terms Of Personal Identity, And The Meaning Of An Indian City To Its Residents.

Author : Isabelle Clark-Decès
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405198929

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A Companion to the Anthropology of India by Isabelle Clark-Decès Pdf

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. Provides readers with an important new introduction to the anthropology of India Explores the larger global issues that have transformed India since the end of colonization, including demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, and religious issues Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics such as population and life expectancy, civil society, social-moral relationships, caste and communalism, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, environment and health, tourism, public and religious cultures, politics and law Represents an authoritative guide for professional social and cultural anthropologists, and South Asian specialists, and an accessible reference work for students engaged in the analysis of India’s modern transformation

Author : Bradley R. Hertel,Cynthia Ann Humes
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791413314

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Living Banaras by Bradley R. Hertel,Cynthia Ann Humes Pdf

By focusing on contemporary popular religious traditions, the book represents a substantial contribution to the study of modern religious practices in Banaras, holy city of India. This book offers in-depth, ethnographic views of many contemporary popular religious practices that have, for the most part, received little attention by scholars. Topics covered include the Ramlila celebrations, devotion to Hanuman, and goddess worship, and the way that Banarsi Boli, the local dialect of Banaras, supports its users in their identification with the sacred city.

Author : Sandria B. Freitag
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520313392

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Culture and Power in Banaras by Sandria B. Freitag Pdf

This collection of ten essays on Banaras, one of the largest urban centers in India's eastern Gangetic plain, is united by a common interest in examining everyday activities in order to learn about shared values and motivations, processes of identity formation, and self-conscious constructions of community. Part One examines the performance genres that have drawn audiences from throughout the city. Part Two focuses on the areas of neighborhood, leisure, and work, examining the processes by which urban residents use a sense of identity to organize their activities and bring meaning to their lives. Part Three links these experiences within Banaras to a series of "larger worlds," ranging from language movements and political protests to disease ecology and regional environmental impact. Banaras is a complex world, with differences in religion, caste, class, language, and popular culture; the diversity of these essays embraces those differences. It is a collection that will interest scholars and students of South Asia as well as anyone interested in comparative discussions of popular culture. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Author : Michael S. Dodson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000365641

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Banaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories by Michael S. Dodson Pdf

The book presents a rich and surprising account of the recent history of the north Indian city of Banaras. Supplementing traditional accounts, which have focused upon the city’s religious imaginary, this volume brings together essays written by acknowledged experts in north Indian culture and history to examine the construction of diverse urban identities in, and after, the British colonial period. Drawing on fields such as archaeology, literature, history, and architecture, these accounts of Banaras understand the narratives which inscribe the city as having been forged substantially in the experiences of British rule. But while British rule transformed the city in many respects, the essays also emphasize the importance of Indian agency in these processes. The book also examines the essential ambiguity of modernization schemes in the city as well as the contingency of elements of religious narrative. The introduction, moreover, attempts to resituate Banaras into a wider tradition of urban studies in South Asia. The book will be of interest to not only scholars and students of north Indian culture and urban history, but also anyone looking to gain a deeper appreciation of this remarkable, and complex, city.

Author : Jonathan P. Parry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994-07-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0521466253

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Death in Banaras by Jonathan P. Parry Pdf

A study of Hindu death rituals and the sacred specialists who perform them in the Indian city of Banaras.

Author : Martin Gaenszle,Jörg Gengnagel
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 3447051876

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Visualizing Space in Banaras by Martin Gaenszle,Jörg Gengnagel Pdf

The city of Banaras is widely known as a unique, impressive and particularly ancient historical place. But for many it is above all a universal, cosmic, and in a sense timeless sacred space. Both of these seemingly contrasting depictions contribute to how the city is experienced by its inhabitants or visitors, and there is a great variety of sometimes competing views: Kasi the Luminous, the ancient Crossing, the city of Death, the place of Hindu-Muslim encounter and syncretism, the cosmopolitan centre of learning, etc. The present volume deals with the multiple ways this urban site is visualized, imagined, and culturally represented by different actors and groups. The forms of visualizations are manifold and include buildings, paintings, drawings, panoramas, photographs, traditional and modern maps, as well as verbal and mental images. The major focus will thus be on visual media, which are of special significance for the representation of space. But this cannot be divorced from other forms of expressions which are part of the local life-world ("Lebenswelt"). The contributions look at local as well as exogenous constructions of the rich topography of Kasi and show that these imaginations and constructions are not static but always embedded in social and cultural practices of representation, often contested and never complete.

Author : Pravina Shukla
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253021212

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The Grace of Four Moons by Pravina Shukla Pdf

Because clothing, food, and shelter are basic human needs, they provide excellent entries to cultural values and individual aesthetics. Everyone gets dressed every day, but body art has not received the attention it deserves as the most common and universal of material expressions of culture. The Grace of Four Moons aims to document the clothing decisions made by ordinary people in their everyday lives. Based on fieldwork conducted primarily in the city of Banaras, India, Pravina Shukla conceptualizes and realizes a total model for the study of body art—understood as all aesthetic modifications and supplementations to the body. Shukla urges the study of the entire process of body art, from the assembly of raw materials and the manufacture of objects, through their sale and the interactions between merchants and consumers, to the consumer's use of objects in creating personal decoration.

Author : Philip Lutgendorf
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520909342

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The Life of a Text by Philip Lutgendorf Pdf

The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text—the epic Ramcaritmanas—and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers interested in the culture of North India and the performance arts will find breadth of subject, careful scholarship, and engaging presentation in this unique and beautifully illustrated examination of Hindi culture. The most popular and influential text of Hindi-speaking North India, the epic Ramcaritmanas is a sixteenth century retelling of the Ramayana story by the poet Tulsidas. This masterpiece of pre-modern Hindi literature has always reached its largely illiterate audiences primarily through oral performance including ceremonial recitation, folksinging, oral exegesis, and theatrical representation. Drawing on fieldwork in Banaras, Lutgendorf breaks new ground by capturing the range of performance techniques in vivid detail and tracing the impact of the epic in its contemporary cultural context.

Author : Aran MacKinnon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429972959

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Places of Encounter, Volume 1 by Aran MacKinnon Pdf

Places of Encounter provides a place-based approach to world history, focusing on specific locations at critical moments when human history was transformed as a result of encounters-physical, political, cultural, intellectual, and religious. Original, contributed essays by leading academics in the field explore places from Hadar to Xi'an, Salvador to New York, and numerous other locations that have produced historical shockwaves and significant global impact throughout history. With a chronologically organized table of contents, each chapter dissects a particular moment in history, with personal commentary from each contributor, a narrative of the location's historical significance at the time, and a section on significant global connections. Primary sources and discussion questions at the end of each chapter allow students a view into the lives of individuals of the time. Students will experience the narrative of historic individuals as well as modern scholars looking back over documentation to offer their own views of the past, providing students with the perfect opportunity to see how scholars form their own views about history.

Author : Ravi Baghel,Lea Stepan,Joseph K.W. Hill
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134863334

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Water, Knowledge and the Environment in Asia by Ravi Baghel,Lea Stepan,Joseph K.W. Hill Pdf

The dramatic transformation of our planet by human actions has been heralded as the coming of the new epoch of the Anthropocene. Human relations with water raise some of the most urgent questions in this regard. The starting point of this book is that these changes should not be seen as the result of monolithic actions of an undifferentiated humanity, but as emerging from diverse ways of relating to water in a variety of settings and knowledge systems. With its large population and rapid demographic and socioeconomic change, Asia provides an ideal context for examining how varied forms of knowledge pertaining to water encounter and intermingle with one another. While it is difficult to carry out comprehensive research on water knowledge in Asia due to its linguistic, political and cultural fragmentation, the topic nevertheless has relevance across boundaries. By using a carefully chosen selection of case studies in a variety of locations and across diverse disciplines, the book demonstrates commonalities and differences in everyday water practices around Asia while challenging both romantic presumptions and Eurocentrism. Examples presented include class differences in water use in the megacity of Delhi, India; the impact of radiation on water practices in Fukushima, Japan; the role of the King in hydraulic practices in Thailand, and ritual irrigation in Bali, Indonesia.

Author : Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199087952

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Poetics, Plays, and Performances by Vasudha Dalmia Pdf

This book addresses the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, tracing its genealogies, and looking in particular at its appropriation of 'folk' theatre. Starting with the plays of Bharatendu Harishchandra in 1870s Banaras, the book moves forward to Jayshankar Prasad and Mohan Rakesh, landmark figures in the history of modern Indian drama. Dalmia then focuses on the intense urban interaction with folk theatre forms, their politicization in the 1940s and later again in the 1970s. Finally the book maps some of the routes taken by avant-garde women directors since the last decades of the twentieth century. Theatre students, critics, cultural historians, scholars of South Asian theatre, as well as general readers will find the book inspiring.

Author : Tanweer Fazal,Divya Vaid,Surinder S. Jodhka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000901948

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Marginalities and Mobilities among India’s Muslims by Tanweer Fazal,Divya Vaid,Surinder S. Jodhka Pdf

This book studies how marginality impacts the everyday lives of Indian Muslims. It challenges the prevailing myths and stereotypes through which Indian Muslims have come to be seen in the popular imagination. The volume engages with questions of citizenship, collective violence, and issues of civil and criminal jurisprudence. It explores the linkages between development, marginality, and citizenship – the three critical issues for modern democracies today. Going beyond the singular narrative of a community on a continuous slide, the chapters in this volume present diversities of the Muslim experience of exclusion and participation. It discusses themes such as violence and marginality among minorities; Indian Muslims and the ghettoized economy; employment aspirations of low-income Muslim men; intergenerational social mobility of Muslims; the nature of the middle class; and the question of Islam, development, and globalization to showcase the living conditions of Muslims in India. Part of the Religion and Citizenship series, this timely volume will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of political studies, sociology, political sociology, minority studies, public policy, religion, citizenship studies, diversity and inclusion studies, and social anthropology.