Full Description
Critical Themes in Indian Sociology brings together the writings of a number of scholars—both well established and younger, in India and in different parts of the world—on various themes that express the richness and diversity that defines sociological scholarship on India. The book reflects changes in scholarship over time and charts out new subjects and methods for the study of social life in India. Commemorating the 50 plus years since Contributions to Indian Sociology was first published, this book is a tribute to a journal that has sustained an internationally acclaimed and rigorous sociological engagement with India. Comprising a wide range of themes such as village, city, class, caste, politics, gender, sexuality, media, food and education, this book presents a concise, yet in-depth sense of a sociological view of India today.
Contents
Introduction
The State as an Ethnographic Object - Thomas Blom Hansen
The Folk and the Making of an Indian Aesthetic - Roma Chatterji
Religious Violence: A Sociological Perspective - Ronie Parciack
Contemporary Religiosities - Jacob Copeman and Johannes Quack
Artful Living: New Religious Movements in and of South Asia - Tulasi Srinivas
Villages and Villagers in Contemporary India - Surinder S. Jodhka
Fields, Markets and Agricultural Commodities - Mekhala Krishnamurthy
The Nation, De-duplicated - Lawrence Cohen
Internet Cultures - Nicholas Nisbett and Aditi Bhonagiri
Schooling and Culture: Bringing Schools into Sociology - Meenakshi Thapan
Cultures of Work in India's 'New Economy' - Carol Upadhya
The Sociology of Labour in India - Geert de Neve
Hierarchy without System? Why Civility Matters in the Study of Caste - Suryakant Waghmore
Caste and the Anthropology of Democracy - Lucia Michelutti
'The Middle Class' and the Middle Classes - Raka Ray
Tribe, Egalitarian Values, Autonomy and the State - Alpa Shah
Gendering Sociology, a Sociology of Gender or Studying Women?: Some Reflections - Rajni Palriwala
Contemporary Intimacies - Perveez Mody
Conjugality and Marital Dissolution in Historical Perspective - Shalini Grover
Gender and Law - Srimati Basu
Masculinities and Culture - Joseph S. Alter
The Sociology of Disability: Conceptual Ethnography of an Analytical Category in India - Renu Addlakha
Alternating Sexualities: Sociology and Queer Critiques in India - Paul Boyce and Rohit K. Dasgupta
Ageing, Ambivalent Modernities and the Pursuit of Value in India - Sarah Lamb
New Cultures of Food Studies - Amita Baviskar
Cinematic Cultures - Sara Dickey
The Sociology of Consumption in India: Towards a New Agenda - Margit van Wessel
The Challenge of Urban Space - Smriti Srinivas
Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Horizon: The Anthropology of Environment and Climate Change - Rita Brara
Beyond Medical Pluralism: Medicine, Power and Social Legitimacy in India - V. Sujatha
Index
