Description |
1 online resource (347 pages) |
Series |
Contemporary Ethnography |
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Contemporary ethnography.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Origins, Gateways, Dwellings, Routes, Histories -- Chapter 1. Legends: Of Names, Snakes, and Compassion -- Chapter 2. Entries: Five Gates and a Window -- Chapter 3. Colony: Suburban Satisfaction -- Chapter 4. Streets: Everyone Loves a Parade -- Chapter 5. Depths: Minas and Jains Inside, Outside, Underground -- Part II. Ecology, Love, Money -- Chapter 6. Questioning Landscapes: Of Trees and a River -- Chapter 7. Teaching Hearts: A Triple Wedding -- Chapter 8. Talking Business: Commerce and Cosmology -- Epilogue. Wondrous Jahazpur -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Summary |
Ann Grodzins Gold weaves together an integrated series of ethnographic sketches depicting the distinctive nature of non-urban, non-rural places; the impact locality has on belonging; the negotiations of difference required in a pluralistic society; and the ways a changing environment permeates experiences of self and place |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Market towns -- India -- Rajasthan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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City and town life -- India -- Rajasthan -- History -- 21st century
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Ethnology -- India -- Rajasthan
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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City and town life
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Ethnology
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Manners and customs
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SUBJECT |
Rajasthan (India) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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Subject |
India -- Rajasthan
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780812294125 |
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0812294122 |
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