1st Edition

South Asia in the World: An Introduction An Introduction

By Susan S Wadley Copyright 2014
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world. In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the... Read more

Part I: Overview

1. Introducing South Asia, Susan Snow Wadley

2. A Short History of South Asian Studies, Susan Snow Wadley

Part II: Fundamentals

3. A Brief History of South Asia, Sandeep Banerjee, with Subho Basu, Stephen Christopher, and Susan Snow Wadley

4. Language in South Asia, Susan Snow Wadley

5. Religion in South Asia, Susan Snow Wadley

Part III: The Global Context

6. Globalization in South Asia, Susan Snow Wadley

Part IV: Case Studies

7. Introduction to the Case Studies

8. Social Change in Rural India: A Village Study, Susan Snow Wadley

9. Arranging a Marriage in Middle-Class South India, Nicole Wilson

10. Forest Management in Rajasthan: Tribal Groups, NGOs, and the State, Mitual Baruah

11. Khwaja Sira: Transgender Activism and Transnationality in Pakistan, Faris Khan

12. Establishing a Traditional Medicine Industry in Bangladesh, Karen McNamara

13. Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka, Robert Oberst

14. The Federally and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan: The Most Dangerous Places in the World?, Subho Basu and Susan Snow Wadley

15. Sex Trafficking in Nepal, Mary Crawford

16. Likhiyā: Painting Women’s Lives in Rural North India, Susan Snow Wadley

17. From Hindi Cinema to Bollywood, Tula Goenka

18. Globalizing Bangalore: Urban Transformation in the High-Tech City, Sanjukta Mukherjee

Biography

Susan S Wadley