Crowds : ethnographic encounters /
What exactly is a crowd? How do crowds differ from other large gatherings of people? And how do they transform emotions, politics, or faith? In Crowds, contributors draw on their experiences and expertise to reflect on their encounters with crowds. Each chapter examines a particular crowd or concept...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Series: | Encounters--experience and anthropological knowledge.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | What exactly is a crowd? How do crowds differ from other large gatherings of people? And how do they transform emotions, politics, or faith? In Crowds, contributors draw on their experiences and expertise to reflect on their encounters with crowds. Each chapter examines a particular crowd or conception of crowdedness to provide an analysis of how, when, where--and with whom--crowds form in different contexts, as well as their purpose and the practical effect the experience has on both the participants and their environment. The wide selection of case studies ranges from the crowds that form every year during the Hajj, to New Year celebrations in China, commuters on the Delhi metro, public prayer in Nigeria, online mobs in Bangladesh, and the crowds that have emerged during protest movements in Thailand and Syria. Crowds makes a key contribution to establishing an anthropological theory of crowds and will be an essential read for both students and researchers. |
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| Item Description: | "First published 2020 by Bloomsbury Academic." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781003085133 100308513X 9781000185157 100018515X 9781000188608 1000188604 1000181979 9781000181975 |