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Innovative Departures : Anthropology and the Indian Diaspora.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351384308
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Innovative DeparturesDDC classification:
  • 304.80954
LOC classification:
  • DS432.5.C55.J356 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Horizons of anthropology -- 2 Anthropology yesterday and today -- 3 Anthropology and diaspora studies: comparative perspective -- 4 Anthropology and diaspora studies: data and interpretation -- 5 Race, ethnicity and identity in diaspora -- 6 Nation and trans-nation in diasporic geopolitics -- 7 Diasporic integration and social justice in South Africa -- 8 Contemporary Malaysian Indians -- 9 Ascription, aspiration and achievement: Malaysian Indian trajectory -- Conclusion: anthropology at home and abroad -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This volume brings together analytical insights from modern social and cultural anthropology to unravel processes of globalization in the 21st century through diasporic migrations. Developments in anthropological theory and method are traced from the heritage of Enlightenment to the present times, with special reference to India.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Horizons of anthropology -- 2 Anthropology yesterday and today -- 3 Anthropology and diaspora studies: comparative perspective -- 4 Anthropology and diaspora studies: data and interpretation -- 5 Race, ethnicity and identity in diaspora -- 6 Nation and trans-nation in diasporic geopolitics -- 7 Diasporic integration and social justice in South Africa -- 8 Contemporary Malaysian Indians -- 9 Ascription, aspiration and achievement: Malaysian Indian trajectory -- Conclusion: anthropology at home and abroad -- Bibliography -- Index.

This volume brings together analytical insights from modern social and cultural anthropology to unravel processes of globalization in the 21st century through diasporic migrations. Developments in anthropological theory and method are traced from the heritage of Enlightenment to the present times, with special reference to India.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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