Global issues, local contexts / Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase

By:

Ruchira, Ganguly-Scrase

Language: English Publication details: Orent Blackswan c2013 New DelhiDescription: x, 268 p. ill. 22 cmISBN:

9788125050520

Subject(s):

Development Studies; Social Organisation; Culture

DDC classification:

305.5095414 RUC

Summary: This book is an ethnographic study of a community of leather workers (the Rabi Das), and their transformations under global capitalism. The lived experiences of the Rabi Das are embedded within the broader context of India's economic liberalisation as well as in the local system of class and cultural relations in Bengali society. The various chapters in the book provide a detailed analysis of the changing nature of their conditions of employment, education, lifestyle and survival strategies. This edition also has a new Preface.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	305.5095414 RUC (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan	684375
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	305.5095414 RUC;1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan	684376

Includes bibliographies and index

This book is an ethnographic study of a community of leather workers (the Rabi Das), and their transformations under global capitalism. The lived experiences of the Rabi Das are embedded within the broader context of India's economic liberalisation as well as in the local system of class and cultural relations in Bengali society. The various chapters in the book provide a detailed analysis of the changing nature of their conditions of employment, education, lifestyle and survival strategies. This edition also has a new Preface.

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