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Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

This book examines the role of women bloggers in the Indian Blogosphere. It explores how women use new media technologies to create online spaces that share knowledge raise awareness and build communities. A unique work at the intersection of digital culture feminist theory and diaspora/transnationalism studies this book brings to light layered and complex issues such as identity gender performativity presentation of self migration and citizenship. This volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies political studies gender studies women’s studies sociology diaspora studies feminist theory media and communication studies. | Gender Citizenship and Identity in the Indian Blogosphere Writing the Everyday

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Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

This work throws light on the areas of space and time nature and culture spirit and matter in the folktales that nurture systemic thinking. It identifies and explores motifs and patterns in select folktales that promote interconnectedness interdependence holism synthesis and circular pattern of life and examines the ecological relevance of folktales in fostering a systematic view of life. The volume discusses why it is important to critically analyze alternative worldviews in order to find holistic solutions to contemporary global ecological issues. It sheds light upon Ecofemiotics as a discipline a portmanteau of Ecofeminist Semiotics and through a re-reading of folktales it puts forward an innovative folktale typology which connects women with environment. The book discusses an ecofemiotics cyclical praxis at three levels • Promoting theory to practice through the analysis of folktales as Gaia Care Narratives using the Ecofemiotic framework. • Enabling practice to theory through a classroom experiment observation and inference. • Envisioning theory to practice through the identification of Gaia Care Principles and its multidisciplinary hands-on scope and function to create avenues towards ecological balance and sustainable living. Inspired by the hearts that tell stories of love care nurture and the Earth this nuanced work will be of interest to students and researchers of literature and literary theory sociology social anthropology gender studies and women’s studies feminism development studies environment and folklore studies. | Environmental Humanities in Folktales Theory and Practice

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Media Technology and Cultures of Memory Mapping Indian Narratives

Media Technology and Cultures of Memory Mapping Indian Narratives

Media Technology and Cultures of Memory studies narrative memories in India through oral chirographic and digital cultures. It examines oral cultures of memory culled from diverse geographical and cultural landscapes of India and throws light on multiple aspects of remembering and registering the varied cultural tapestry of the country. The book also explores themes such as oral culture and memory markers; memory and its paratextual services; embodied memory practices in the cultural traditions; between myths and monuments; literary and lived experiences; print culture and memory markers; marginalized memories in hagiographies; displaying memories online; childhood trauma memory and flashbacks; and the politics of remembering and forgetting. Rich in case studies from across India this interdisciplinary book is a must-read for scholars and researchers of cultural studies sociology political science English literature South Asian studies social anthropology social history and post-colonial studies. | Media Technology and Cultures of Memory Mapping Indian Narratives

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Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

This book focuses on India’s anti-colonial politics which Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) brought into the mainstream of nationalist thinking. It browses through the entire corpus of Tagore’s writings in the genres of poetry fiction and essays to glean both used and hitherto unused/un-translated writings that illumine Tagore’s gender consciousness and (proto)feminist thought and empathy presenting it in a wholly new light. It teases out Tagore’s original views on India’s industrial-capitalist development and his views on the roles of applied scientists and engineers in it to highlight his critique of the nature of science teaching in colonial India. The volume also delineates Tagore’s Upanişadic ecologism that creatively evoked anticolonialism and patriotism. Lucid and topical the book will be indispensable for students and researchers in the fields of comparative literature history political science international relations and sociology at all levels and anybody interested in literary criticism and cultural studies. | Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

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Maoism in India and Nepal

Maoism in India and Nepal

Why are Maoist Naxalite and Left extremist movements taking root in the most backward and underdeveloped regions of South Asia? This book examines this multi-layered question in democracies such as India and Nepal through an analysis of these movements as well as their leaderships and ideologies. Through a series of detailed interviews and dialogues it sheds fresh light into the minds and actions of people who have critically defined the nature of Maoism and related movements in the region. Weaving together diverse narratives voices and streams of dissent this first-of-its-kind volume brings cohesion to the seemingly fragmented but formidable Maoist politics in South Asia. It also highlights how such ‘civil wars’ are embedded into the larger politics of the region. Perceptive and lucid this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics sociology peace and conflict studies and security studies especially those concerned with Maoism and social movements. It will also be useful to government institutions and policy-makers. | Maoism in India and Nepal

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Identities in South Asia Conflicts and Assertions

Identities in South Asia Conflicts and Assertions

This book examines how identities are formed and expressed in political social and cultural contexts across South Asia. It is a comprehensive intervention on how why and what identities have come to be and takes a closer look at the complexities of their interactions. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach combining methodologies from history literary studies politics and sociology this book: • Explores the multiple ways in which personal and collective identities manifest and engage are challenged and resisted across time and space. ;• Highlights how the shared history of colonialism and partition communal violence bloodshed and pogrom are instrumental in understanding present-day developments in identity politics. ;• Sheds light on a number of current themes such as borders and nations race and ethnicity identity politics and fundamentalism language and regionalism memory and community and resistance and assertion. A key volume in South Asian Studies this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history politics sociology literary studies and social exclusion. | Identities in South Asia Conflicts and Assertions

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The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It analyses the socio-cultural and humanitarian challenges of the crisis along with the discourses that have developed on this issue via the local and international media and literature. The volume also suggests ways to build sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees. It discusses wide-ranging issues including a historical overview of the Rohingyas; the Rakhine State of Myanmar and the issue of religious toleration; the struggle for existence in Malaysia and Thailand; vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh; and stratified lives in Bangladeshi camps. It also sheds light on social insecurity among Rohingya adolescent girls; understanding gender-based violence in camps; the portrayal of the crisis in Chinese and Indian newspapers; and Bangladesh’s policy in addressing the Rohingya crisis and repatriation. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology social anthropology refugee studies peace and conflict studies international relations human rights political studies gender studies and South Asian studies. | The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

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India and the Changing World Order

India and the Changing World Order

This book brings together new perspectives on India’s foreign policy in the light of a constantly shifting world order. From India’s relations in its immediate neighborhood to its China policy from India-US relations under Biden to Quad from Grand Strategy to peacekeeping this book brings to the fore the shifting terrains of global politics and India’s significant place in it. The chapters in the volume: Critically examine changing preoccupations of India’s foreign policy and its geopolitical interests including its Act East Policy; Include comprehensive inputs on India’s China policy and relations with Japan; Explore India’s relations with the USA the Middle-East Afghanistan and Central Asia; Discuss at length India’s nuclear energy and foreign investment policies; Analyze India’s positioning on the emergence of the Indo-Pacific discourse. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science and international relations. It will also be of use to foreign policy and diplomacy practitioners career bureaucrats and government think tanks. | India and the Changing World Order

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Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia

Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia

This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful omnipotent and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book examines the idea of a nation as it originated in medieval Europe as an unending process of 'othering' individuals groups and communities to establish its hegemony exclusivity and absolute power within a political discourse. It sheds light on how these new political frameworks in the name of nationalism resulted in conflicts and bloodshed. It unleashed politics of retribution and facilitated majoritarianism minority persecution and collective authoritarianism which devastated individuals and collectivities. Further the author also discusses various prominent ideas and contemporary theories on nationalism alongside pivotal socio-cultural factors which have significantly shaped the formation of modern nation states and their politics. Topical and nuanced this book will be indispensable to researchers scholars and readers interested in nationalism political science modern history political theory political philosophy political sociology political history post-colonial studies and South Asia studies. | Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia

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Debating the 'Post' Condition in India Critical Vernaculars Unauthorized Modernities Post-Colonial Contentions

Debating the 'Post' Condition in India Critical Vernaculars Unauthorized Modernities Post-Colonial Contentions

How was the post-modernist project contested subverted and assimilated in India? This book offers a personal account and an intellectual history of its reception and response. Tracing independent India’s engagement with Western critical theory Paranjape outlines both its past and ‘post’. The book explores the discursive trajectories of post-modernism post-colonialism post-Marxism post-nationalism post-feminism post-secularism — the relations that mediate them — as well as interprets in the light of these discussions core tenets of Indian philosophical thought. Paranjape argues that India’s response to the modernist project is neither submission willing or reluctant nor repudiation intentional or forced; rather India’s ‘modernity’ is ‘unauthorized’ different subversive alter-native and alter-modern. The book makes the case for a new integrative hermeneutics the idea of the indigenous ‘critical vernacular’ and presents a radical shift in the understanding of svaraj (beyond decolonisation and nationalism) to express transformations at both personal and political levels. A key intervention in Indian critical theory this volume will interest researchers and scholars of literature philosophy political theory culture studies and postcolonial studies. | Debating the 'Post' Condition in India Critical Vernaculars Unauthorized Modernities Post-Colonial Contentions

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Balochistan and the Mélange of Violence Regional Context and External Factors

Balochistan and the Mélange of Violence Regional Context and External Factors

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the intricate security situation prevailing in Balochistan. It explores and establishes correlations between the internal structural vulnerabilities and fault lines of the Pakistani state with the external influences exerted on the region. Employing a rigorous examination of both primary and secondary data the volume critically examines the multifaceted nature of organised violence in Balochistan. In addition to separatist movements the presence of religious militancy and cross-border terrorism is thoroughly examined. The book delves into the external involvement of regional and global powers in the intricate tapestry of violence within Balochistan thereby shedding light on the emerging geopolitical landscape and the corresponding power dynamics in the region. It also analyses how the implementation of largescale developmental initiatives particularly facilitated by China under the auspices of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has elevated the geostrategic significance of Balochistan while simultaneously entangling it in the vortex of regional power politics. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers specializing in geopolitics International Relations and South Asian studies. | Balochistan and the Mélange of Violence Regional Context and External Factors

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Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

Modern Maternities: Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta brings to light rare textual and visual materials on medical opinions about breastfeeding by memsahibs (European women) dais (indigenous midwives and/or wet nurses) and the bhadramahila (here the focus is on ‘respectable’ Bengali-Hindu women). With the help of archival resources the author discusses themes like: modernity maternities and medicine intersections of ‘race’ gender class caste community and age in diet artificial foods versus wet nursing ‘cleanliness’ corporeality and culture ‘clean midwifery’ versus ‘dirty midwifery’ customary breastfeeding practices child-mothers and childcare breastfeeding mothercraft and modern clocks exhibitions baby shows and baby weeks colonialism and anti-colonial nation-building The book offers critical insights into social histories of medicine motherhood and childcare in nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Calcutta. It is intended for anyone interested in the book’s interdisciplinary focus on the regional national and global resonances of childrearing advice. In particular it will interest scholars and researchers from modern Indian history global history health history medical anthropology gender studies and South Asian studies. | Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

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Youth in India Aspirations Attitudes Anxieties

Youth in India Aspirations Attitudes Anxieties

This book explores the attitudes anxieties and aspirations of India’s burgeoning young population in a globalised world. Drawing upon time-series survey data of the Indian youth aged between 15 and 34 years across 19 Indian states it provides key insights into a range of themes along with an overview of the changing trends and patterns of their behaviour. The volume examines the job preferences of the Indian youth their career priorities and opinions on reservations in employment and education sectors. It measures their degree of political participation and studies their attitude regarding political issues. It looks at aspects relating to their social and cultural contexts preferences and practices including lifestyle choices consumption habits and social customs such as marriage as they negotiate between tradition and modernity. Further it discusses the anxieties and insecurities that the youth face their mental health and their experiences of social discrimination. The essays here offer an understanding of a critical demographic and shed light on the challenges and opportunities that the Indian youth confront today. Lucid accessible and empirically grounded this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of sociology political sociology political studies youth psychology and anthropology as well as policymakers journalists and the interested general reader. | Youth in India Aspirations Attitudes Anxieties

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Africa in World Affairs Politics of Imperialism the Cold War and Globalisation

Africa in World Affairs Politics of Imperialism the Cold War and Globalisation

Africa finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly determine its rising influence and role in world affairs would mean unravelling the politics of imperialism the Cold War and globalisation. Going beyond Euro-American perspectives this book presents a comprehensive study of Africa and its role in world politics. Africa in World Affairs: • Closely examines the transition of Africa in its colonial and post-colonial phases; • Explores the intellectual history of modern Africa through liberation struggles social movements leaders and thinkers; • Investigates the continent’s relationships with former colonial powers such as Britain France and Portugal; untangles complexities of French neo-colonialism and sheds light on the role of the superpower such as the USA and major and rising powers like China and India; • Highlights complex and wide-ranging diversities of the region and the ways in which it continues to negotiate with issues of modernity racism and globalisation. A core text on Africa and the world this book will be indispensable for students of African studies politics and international relations and history. It will also be a must-read for policymakers diplomats and government think tanks. | Africa in World Affairs Politics of Imperialism the Cold War and Globalisation

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Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

This book studies public policy and administration in Bangladesh. It studies how despite recording high-levels of corruption persistently some governments in least developed countries (LDCs) like Bangladesh have achieved impressive online transformation level through digital electronic or e-Government implementation. The book investigates the historical and political context and examines the different policies and strategies adopted by successive governments of Bangladesh for facilitating digital service delivery transformation of traditional paper-based circuitous public service delivery processes. It reviews public administration reforms introduced over several decades and other initiatives launched with the specific objective of improving service delivery management. The volume also contextualizes the new e-Government development initiatives in light of the various approaches such as traditional public administration new public management digital era governance new public governance and design thinking. Drawing on a host of published and unpublished materials interviews with senior public officials academics representatives of international donor agencies think tanks and non-governmental organizations and a survey of more than 400 plus bureaucrats the book analyzes the progress of digital government in Bangladesh from a soft behavioral perspective. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public policy and public administration politics innovation and South Asian studies. It will be an essential reading for bureaucrats and government officials as well as think tanks and NGOs. | Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

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Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

This book presents a broad overview of the challenges posed by COVID-19 in India and its neighboring countries. It studies the differing responses to COVID-19 infections across South Asia the variegated impact of the pandemic on its societies communities and economies and emerging challenges which require an interdisciplinary understanding and analysis. With a range of case studies from India Bangladesh Myanmar Pakistan Nepal Bhutan and Sri Lanka this book Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors; Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic; Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+ transgender Dalit tribal senior citizens and other marginalized communities during the pandemic; Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race ethnicity socio-economic status age geographical location and sexual orientation; Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well in response to COVID-19. A holistic read on the pandemic this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology medical anthropology sociology of health pandemic and health studies political studies social anthropology public policy and South Asian studies. | Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

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Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

This book explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal India which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. One of the first ethnographic studies of religious polarisation and its interface with politics in West Bengal this book: Offers a fresh perspective both theoretically and empirically by using longitudinal multi-site ethnography to explain the mechanisms by which identity issues have re-emerged; Studies key policy changes political practices and series of invented traditions during periods of political transition; Examines intricate details of the micro-dynamics of the formulation and expansion of Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism and their political counterparts which carry a capacity to push away secular democratic forces from the existing political spectrum; Sheds light on the mechanisms of riots its design organisational bases and mechanisms of spread; Includes key observations from the 2021 elections in the state. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science social and cultural anthropology sociology and South Asian studies. | Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

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Sports Psychology Concepts and Applications

Sports Psychology Concepts and Applications

This book analyses the essential aspects of sports psychology by throwing light on issues related to the upkeep of athletes’ mental state and improving their performance in sports activities. On one hand it covers topics like anxiety stress conflicts overtraining and sports injuries and on the other it includes strategies helpful for managing and developing skills for better performance in various sports activities. In its wide coverage the volume discusses a range of key topics which include: Sports psychology: historical perspectives and the present position Contribution of heredity and environment the role of growth and development and the individual differences in sports psychology How factors like intelligence cognitive and emotional processes personality and motivation influence learning and the transfer of learning The role of attention concentration and focus in the performance of athletes Athletes’ mental and psyche levels displayed in the states of their anxiety stress and conflicts and aggression and violence Sports injuries and their management Overtraining and Burnout in Athletes Group dynamics and guidance and counseling in the learning and development of the athletes etc Engaging and reader friendly this book will be useful to students researchers and teachers of physical education psychology applied psychology and sports psychology. It will also be key reading for trainees of the various sport academies coaches sports associations managing bodies and sport psychologists. | Sports Psychology Concepts and Applications

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True Crime Writings in Colonial India Offending Bodies and Darogas in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

True Crime Writings in Colonial India Offending Bodies and Darogas in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

The emergent culture of crime writings in late 19th century colonial Bengal (India) is an interesting testimony to how literature is shaped by various material forces including the market. This book deals with true crime writings of the late 1800s published by ‘lowbrow publishing houses’ — infamous for publishing ‘sensational’ and the ‘vulgar’ literature — which had an avid bhadralok (genteel) readership. The volume focuses on select translations of true crime writings by Bakaullah and Priyanath Mukhopadhyay who worked as darogas (Detective Inspectors) in the police department in mid-late nineteenth century colonised Bengal. These published accounts of cases investigated by them are among the very first manifestations of the crime genre in India. The writings reflect their understandings of criminality and guilt as well as negotiations with colonial law and policing. Further through a selection of cases in which women make an appearance either as victims or offenders (or sometimes as both ) this book sheds light on the hidden gendered experiences of the time often missing in mainstream Bangla literature. Combining a love for suspense with critical readings of a cultural phenomenon this book will be of much interest to scholars and researchers of comparative literature translation studies gender studies literary theory cultural studies modern history and lovers of crime fiction from all disciplines. | True Crime Writings in Colonial India Offending Bodies and Darogas in Nineteenth-Century Bengal

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The Call for Recognition Naturalizing Political Norms

The Call for Recognition Naturalizing Political Norms

This book builds a case for how social norms are neither mere conventions nor are they merely anthropological phenomena which are relativistic. In other words it talks about how socio-political norms are built out of our natural social behaviour but at the same time also have objective normative validity. The volume puts forth an alternative model called the recognitional model which can help us address some of the socio-political concerns we face in today’s world. It addresses the problem with a purely legalistic framework of addressing social injustice in that law due its universalistic assumptions regarding human nature tends to glide over the particular differences that might exist between people. This book discusses how we know that in our daily lives we value people not only because that person is a legal human being but also because that person is our father mother our teacher etc. There is a whole network of acts of social respect that we engage in with the other in our social sphere which the legal framework can’t quite capture. This volume sheds light on the political consequence of legal reasoning in that it is formalistic in the sense that legal relations can’t successfully codify the immediate epistemic context from which social identities emerge. An introspective work this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of linguistics political philosophy law and human rights and social theory. | The Call for Recognition Naturalizing Political Norms

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The Goddess Re-discovered Gender and Sexuality in Religious Texts of Medieval Bengal

The Goddess Re-discovered Gender and Sexuality in Religious Texts of Medieval Bengal

The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal. It analyses the emergence of religious cults in patriarchal contexts the humanization of the goddess figure as a wife and mother who is subject to social and ethical codes and demythologization of folk epics. This book discusses the folk genre of the Mangal Kavyas such as the Chandi Mangal and the Manasa Mangal against the perspectives of Sanskrit texts like the Devi Mahatmya and the Devi Bhagavata Purana and compares and contrasts the Kalika Purana against the texts and practices of the Tantric cult to shed light on the paradoxes and parallels in the images of Kali found in the texts and practices dominant in the eastern region of India. The author also highlights the centrality of Chaitanya in the Gaudiya Vaishnava movement the social and religious revolution he brought with the philosophy of raganuga bhakti along with the androgynous aspects in his relationships; explores the concept of mystical eroticism in the love of Radha and Krishna as seen in the song sequences of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas; and discusses women’s Rama-kathas found in a variety of languages across India. Rich in archival material this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of gender studies women’s studies literature medieval history social history cultural anthropology religious studies cultural studies South Asia studies and those interested in the history of medieval Bengal. | The Goddess Re-discovered Gender and Sexuality in Religious Texts of Medieval Bengal

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The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of the major disciplines of science which include the basic sciences bioscience natural sciences and medical science with special emphasis on the Indian perspective. While academic interest shown in the history and philosophy of science dates back to several centuries serious scholarship on how the sciences and the society interact and influence each other can only be dated back to the twentieth century. This volume explores the ethical and moral issues related to social values along with the controversies that arise in relation to the discourse of science from the philosophical perspectives. The book sheds light on themes that have proved to have a significant and overwhelming influence on present-day civilisation. It takes the reader through a journey on how the sciences have developed and have been discussed to explore key themes like the colonial influences on science; how key scientific ideas have developed from Aristotle to Newton; history of ancient Indian mathematics; agency representation deviance with regard to the human body in science; bioethics; mental health psychology and the sciences; setting up of the first teaching departments for subjects such as medicine ecology and physiology in India; recent research in chemical technology; and even the legacy of ancient Indian scientific discoveries. A part of the Contemporary Issues in Social Science Research series this interdisciplinary work will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy modern history sociology of medicine physical sciences bioscience chemistry and medical sciences. It will be of interest to the general reader also. | The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

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Indian Genre Fiction Pasts and Future Histories

Indian Genre Fiction Pasts and Future Histories

This volume maps the breadth and domain of genre literature in India across seven languages (Tamil Urdu Bangla Hindi Odia Marathi and English) and nine genres for the first time. Over the last few decades detective/crime fiction and especially science fiction/fantasy have slowly made their way into university curricula and consideration by literary critics in India and the West. However there has been no substantial study of genre fiction in the Indian languages least of all from a comparative perspective. This volume with contributions from leading national and international scholars addresses this lacuna in critical scholarship and provides an overview of diverse genre fictions. Using methods from literary analysis book history and Indian aesthetic theories the volume throws light on the variety of contexts in which genre literature is read activated and used from political debates surrounding national and regional identities to caste and class conflicts. It shows that Indian genre fiction (including pulp fiction comics and graphic novels) transmutes across languages time periods in translation and through publication processes. While the book focuses on contemporary postcolonial genre literature production it also draws connections to individual centuries-long literary traditions of genre literature in the Indian subcontinent. Further it traces contested hierarchies within these languages as well as current trends in genre fiction criticism. Lucid and comprehensive this book will be of great interest to academics students practitioners literary critics and historians in the fields of postcolonialism genre studies global genre fiction media and popular culture South Asian literature Indian literature detective fiction science fiction romance crime fiction horror mythology graphic novels comparative literature and South Asian studies. It will also appeal to the informed general reader. | Indian Genre Fiction Pasts and Future Histories

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