| Title |
Perspectives on modern South Asia |
| Sub Title |
Reader in culture, history, and representation |
| Author(s) |
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| Call No |
954 VIS |
| Subject(s) |
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| ISBN |
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| Volume |
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| Publisher Name |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publishing Year |
2011 |
| Edition |
1st |
| Pages |
383 |
| Price |
45.00 USD |
| Text Language |
English |
| Available |
Yes, Accessions:[ 101834 ] |
| Description |
"Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. Presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins and development of the eight nations comprising modern South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Explores South Asia's comm |
| Keywords |
South Asia-Group identity-South Asia; South Asia-Ethnicity-South Asia; South Asia-Civilization; South Asia-Social conditions
South Asia-Reconceptualizing Region-Nation-Modern South Asia; South AsiaPre Modern Religious Pluralities-South Asia; South Asia-Ethnicity: Being Hindu and Muslim-South Asia;South Asia-Religious Cultures-Islam; Shared Ritual Spaces-Hindus and Muslims-Shrine of Shahul Hamid; Hindu Gods-Goddesses-Hindus; South Asia- Society-Emergence of Modern Forms-Social Classification; India-Society and Culture; Sanskritization-Westernization; Aryans and Dravidians-Sri Lanka Identities; Politics of Ethnicity in India and Pakistan; Ethnicity- Caste-Pluralist society; Partition-Nationalism-South Asia-National States; Abducted Women-State and Questions of Honour-Three Perspectives-Recovery Operation-Post-Partition India; Identity-Violence-Women-Partition of India 1947; Quest for National Identity-Women-Islam-State in Bangladesh; Nationalist Agendas-Women Rights: Conflicts-Afghanist |