Community and Identities Contemporary Discourses on Culture and Politics in India |
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| Editor:
| Jodhka, Surinder S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-9542-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $126.00 |
Book Description:
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Today, culture has come to acquire the status of a paradigm, a framework within which debates are carried out on the most compelling questions of contemporary politics -- be it the question of civil rights, gender, caste, environment, or even alternative forms of development. It is within a cultural framework that these issues are now debated. With this shift has come about a new language of social analysis. Among the most frequently used categories in this new framework are those of...
More DescriptionToday, culture has come to acquire the status of a paradigm, a framework within which debates are carried out on the most compelling questions of contemporary politics -- be it the question of civil rights, gender, caste, environment, or even alternative forms of development. It is within a cultural framework that these issues are now debated. With this shift has come about a new language of social analysis. Among the most frequently used categories in this new framework are those of community and identity. This collection of essays looks at the context-specific articulations of community identities.