Subhadra Mitra Channa

Dhobis of Delhi (eBook, PDF)

An Urban Ethnography from the Margins, 1974-2023

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Produktbeschreibung

Dhobis of Delhi covers more than forty years of interactions with an 'untouchable' caste--the Dhobis (washermen and washerwomen), who are among Delhi's oldest inhabitants, describing their ways of life, economy, livelihood, struggles, and adaptation to the city's changing demographic, cultural, and politico-economic profile.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198926214
• Artikelnr.: 72280699

Autorenporträt

Subhadra Mitra Channa retired as Professor of Anthropology from the University of Delhi in 2016 and has been honoured with the University's Distinguished Teacher Award. The recipient of many international fellowships, she has been a Charles Wallace Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast, UK (2000); Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences l'Homme, Paris, France (2002); Fulbright Visiting Lecturer, Auburn University, USA (2003); and Visiting Professor, University of South Carolina, USA (2008-09). She has published more than eighty scholarly papers and ten books, specializing in gender, religion, environment, and identity studies. Channa is the recipient of the S.C. Roy Gold Medal from the Asiatic Society for Lifetime Achievement and has been on the executive committees of several international organizations. Presently the editor of Reviews in Anthropology (Taylor & Francis), she has also served as the editor of Indian Anthropologist and on the editorial boards of international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Doing Urban Ethnography in the Present
* 1: The Dhobis of Old Delhi: Narratives from the Margin about a
Community, a River, and a City
* 2: The Social World of the Dhobis
* 3: Livelihood, Resources, and Strategies for Survival
* 4: Living Life as a Dhobi (Man and Woman)
* 5: Negotiating Power in the Realm of the Sacred
* 6: The Political Realm
* 7: Conclusion: Surviving in a Discriminatory World and the Future of
the City