In We Were Adivasis, anthropologist Megan Moodie examines the Indian state’s relationship to Scheduled Tribes,” oradivasishistorically oppressed groups that are now entitled to affirmative action quot
In We Were Adivasis, anthropologist Megan Moodie examines the Indian state’s relationship to Scheduled Tribes,” oradivasishistorically oppressed groups that are now entitled to affirmative action quot
Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the
Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and
Writing Resistance is the first close study of the growing body of contemporary Hindi-language Dalit (low caste) literature in India. The Dalit literary movement has had an immense sociopolitical and
Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and
Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were "margina
Writing for social work practitioners, researchers, and policy makers, Wade (social policy research, U. of York, UK) et al. consider the long-term consequences of staying in care or returning home for
Prior to the nineteenth century, South Asian dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies reflected a hierarchical vision of nature and human society. By the turn of the twentieth century, the modern di
This rich history documents the fascinating, overlooked exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the early Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars. The book begins with the invit
In this thought-provoking book, Hutchinson, a sociologist, describes the history of Los Angeles' freeway, rail, and bus systems to show how transportation reflects racial and economic divisions in the
Having led students in travel to the Galapagos Islands, Haiti, Belize, and Guatemala, Lenz (English, Chatham U.) has boots-on-the-ground experience to fortify his longstanding interest in the 19th-cen
Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the
Historians of religion have examined at length the Protestant Revolution and the widespread effects of “priestcraft” rhetoric that grew out of it, but J. Barton Scott, inSpiritual Despots, reveals an
Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal ru
At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above
The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly di
At the turn of the twelfth-century into the thirteenth, at the court of King Laksmanasena of Bengal, Sanskrit poetry showed profound and sudden changes: a new social scope made its definitive entrance
