India's Social Landscape

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Contestations, Resistance, and Transformation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book examines some of the social dimensions of Indian society and the challenges therein. It explores various themes, including the rules and norms governing people’s lives, the rhythm of village life, mythology and folk narratives, as well as social structures, institutions, and processes like caste, class, gender, religion, family formation, conjugality, dialect–language dichotomy, and the Indian diaspora.Written in honour of Professor Hetukar Jha, renowned for his pioneering contributions to historical sociology and the integration of historical methods with sociological analysis, this collection presents theoretical and empirical articles examining India's complex social landscape. The contributors explore fundamental questions about Indian society's cultural dynamics, the interplay between tradition and modernity, evolving norms and values, and the manifestation of social cohesion and conflict across gender, caste, class, and religion. The book addresses transformations in key social institutions like marriage and language while representing India's spatial diversities and distinct regional cultural practices across its vast geographical expanse. The chapters take a long view on social transformations since India confronted Western "modernity" during British rule and the post-independence period up to the present era of globalisation and liberalisation.The book will be of interest to research scholars and faculty in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, Dalit studies, literature, South Asian studies, and political science.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-21
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt650 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor244
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041146155

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Pushpendra, formerly Professor and Chairperson of the Patna Centre of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India. His recent publications include Home, Belonging and Memory: Leaving and Living (Routledge 2022); Beyond Consumption: India’s New Middle Class in the Neo-Liberal Times (Routledge 2022); and Migrants on the Move: Precarity in Times of the Pandemic (Aakar 2022). He is the former editor of the Journal of Migration Affairs. His research interests include migration, agrarian relations, rural labour, human rights, and social policy.

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Intersecting Contests: The Frayed Edges of Indian Society Section I Rhythms of Resistance: Gender, Ritual, and the Critique of Modernity 2. The Unwanted Aspect: Normative Fetish and Epistemological Deceit 3. Mythical Love and Conjugality in Everyday Life: Gender and Politics in India 4. Doing Compensatory Masculinity: Rural Men Negotiating Cross-region Marriages in Haryana 5. Temporal Rhythms in Village Life: Stories of Abundance and Lack in Purulia, West Bengal 6. Harparauri: Echoes of an Extinct Women’s Folk Ritual in the Bhojpuri World Section II Contested Belongings: Identity, Language, and Diaspora in Contemporary India 7. Neither Rural, Nor Urban: Incomplete Migration in Dalit Life-narratives 8. Bengali Muslims in Assam and ‘Miyah’ Poetry: Walking on the Shifting Terrains of ‘Na-Asamiya’ and ‘Infiltrator’ 9. Negotiating Community: Narratives around Locating the ‘Professed’ Rangrez Identity 10. Away from Hindi’s Shadow: Census and Bhojpuri in Bihar 11. Indian Diaspora’s Journey into Neo-Conservatism Section III Tribute to Hetukar Jha 12. Professor Hetukar Jha’s Contributions to the Study of Historical Sociology 13. Indian Sociology, Village Structures, and Regional Imagination: Reflections on Hetukar Jha’s Critical Works 14. Hetukar Jha: A Biographical Note and Select Bibliography