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Asian lives in anthropological perspective : essays on morality, achievement and modernity / Susan Bayly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bayly, Susan, author.
- Series:
- Wyse series in social anthropology ; v. 16.
- Wyse series in social anthropology ; volume 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Comparative method.
- Ethnology.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Ethnology--Fieldwork--India.
- Ethnology--Fieldwork--Vietnam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 326 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- "Contemporary Asian societies present a variety of contrasting experiences and afterlives of colonialism, revolutionary socialism, religion and secular nationalism. Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective draws together essays that demonstrate how modernity has shaped two Asian settings in particular - India and Vietnam. It traces historical and contemporary realities through a variety of compelling topics such as the experience of the Indian caste system and the ethical challenges faced by Vietnamese working women"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : historicity, power relations and visuality as perspectives on Asian contexts
- Imagining ‘Greater India’ : French and Indian visions of colonialism in the Indic mode
- Conceptualizing from within : divergent religious modes from Asian modernist perspectives
- At home in the world of work : women, work and care in late socialist Vietnam
- Beyond ‘propaganda’ : images and the moral citizen in late socialist Vietnam
- How to forge a creative student‑citizen : achieving the positive in today’s Vietnam
- Vietnamese narratives of tradition, exchange and friendship in the worlds of the global socialist ecumene
- Reflections on caste in South Asia
- Listening to Asian voices in the postcolonial age
- Conclusion : morality, achievement, modernity, comparison.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 27, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bayly, Susan. Asian lives in anthropological perspective
- ISBN:
- 9781805395027
- 1805395025
- 9781805395010
- 1805395017
- OCLC:
- 1426296506
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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