The world of the Banaras weaver : a culture in crisis /
This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana, the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari, the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry. As the city of Banaras in Uttar P...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana, the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari, the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry. As the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh takes the center stage as the site of this ethnographic study, the author documents the dissonance in representations of Banaras as a sacred Hindu city and its essential plural character. With a new Introduction and fresh data, the second edition looks at the subsequent developments in the weaving industry over the last decade. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of social anthropology, gender studies, development studies, sociology and south Asian studies. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-336) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138362390 1138362395 |