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Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India

By Veena Das

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1997
ISBN
0195640527, 9780195640526
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12218085 bytes)
Series
Oxford India Paperbacks
Pages
240\120
Time added
2013-01-25 10:27:29

Description

This book identifies critical moments in contemporary Indian history, such as the Partition of India, the Bhopal industrial disaster, and recent widow deaths. It describes the implications of these events for India and analyzes, through them, the nature of Indian modernity.

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