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Ageing in Women
Study with reference to Manipur, India.
Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition and Health in North-East India
Some papers presented at the Workshop on Food, Nutrition and Food Security in North-east India.
(Re)presenting Brunei Darussalam
This thoughtful and wide-ranging open access volume explores the forces and issues shaping and defining contemporary identities and everyday life in Brunei Darussalam. It is a subject that until now has received comparatively limited attention from mainstream social scientists working on Southeast Asian societies. The volume helps remedy that deficit by detailing the ways in which religion, gender, place, ethnicity, nation-state formation, migration and economic activity work their way into and reflect in the lives of ordinary Bruneians. In a first of its kind, all the lead authors of the chapter contributions are local Bruneian scholars, and the editors skilfully bring the study of Brunei i...
The Land of Fourteen Gods
On social life and customs of Riang South Asian people; a study.
Rural Politics in India
This book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal's political distinction stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and genders represent themselves in local governments, political parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance? Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural India.
Les hijras
Les hijras, souvent appelés « transgenres » par les Occidentaux, constituent une communauté distincte dont les fondements identitaires transcendent les seuls aspects liés à l’orientation sexuelle. Ce « troisième sexe » est présenté avec beaucoup de finesse dans ce livre qui examine, entre autres choses, les structures familiales, la perception du vieillissement, les questions liées aux droits de la personne et les rituels de toutes sortes – de la naissance à la mort en passant par l’intégration à la communauté, le mariage ou la castration. Prenant appui sur des études de terrain et des entretiens, on y décrit un monde complexe et étonnant de gens qui vivent en marge de la société tout en luttant pour la légitimité d’un statut qui leur permettrait d’en faire pleinement partie. Trois récits témoignent particulièrement des pratiques quotidiennes des hijras et de leur philosophie et apportent ainsi à cette étude l’éclairage précieux d’une expérience directe.
