Assayag, Jackie.
Globalizing India : Perspectives from Below. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Anthem South Asian Studies . - Anthem South Asian Studies .
Front Matter -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Ackowledgements -- Main Body -- Chapter 1. Introduction, by Jackie Assayag and C. J. Fuller -- 1.1 Globalization in India -- 1.2 An Outline of this Book -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part One: Economy and Agriculture -- Chapter 2. On the History of Globalization and India: Concepts, Measures and Debates, by G. Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- 2.1 Introdution: A Problematic Catergory -- 2.2 The Perspective from World Economic History -- 2.3 The World and Early Modern India -- 2.4 Colonial Trade and Globalization -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3. In Search of 'Basmatisthan': Agro-Nationalism and Globalization, by Denis Vidal -- 3.1 Globalization and Delocalization -- 3.2 Globalization and Relocalization -- 3.3 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Seeds of Wrath: Agriculture, Biotechnology and Globalization, by Jackie Assayag -- 4.1 South India -- 4.2 Paris, Europe and the World -- 4.3 Agriculture in India -- 4.4 The Agro-capitalist Cosmology of Seeds -- 4.5 Farmers Against Globalization -- 4.6 The Vernacular Cosmology of Seeds -- 4.7 Moneylenders, Brokers, Sellers -- 4.8 Body, Transplantation and Conspiracy -- 4.9 Globalization, History and Causality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Weaving for 'Ikea' in South India: Subcontracting, Labour Markets and Gender Relations in a Global Value Chain, by Geert de Neve -- 5.1 The Location, Company and Products -- 5.2 Labour Recruitment and the Strategy of 'Putting Out' -- 5.3 To Weave or Not to Weave - the Workers' Perspective -- 5.4 A Comparison with the Kamaraj Colony -- 5.5 Workers' Mobility: Shifting Patterns of Post-Marital Residence -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part Two: Education and Language. Chapter 6. 'Children are Capital, Grandchildren are Interest': Changing Educational Strategies and Parenting in Calcutta's Middle-Class Families, by Henrike Donner -- 6.1 The Setting -- 6.2 Education and Expectations in the Global Economy -- 6.3 Parenting -- 6.4 Shared Parenting -- 6.5 Paternal Grandmothers -- 6.6 Mothers and Networks -- 6.7 Conclusion: Educational Strategies and Intra-Household Relations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Of Languages, Passions and Interests: Education, Regionalism and Globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000, by Véronique Bénéȉ -- 7.1 Introduction: 'Globalization' in Maharashtra -- 7.2 Linguistic Globalism in the Region -- 7.3 Imperial and Global Idioms, and Economic Privileges -- 7.4 Regional Identities and Nation-Building -- 7.5 Globalization at the Grassroots Level -- 7.6 Epilogue: of Passions and Interests -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part Three: Culture and Religion -- Chapter 8. Maps of Audiences: Bombay Films, the French Territory and the Making of an 'Oblique' Market, by Emmanuel Grimaud -- 8.1 The Globe as an Experimental Field -- 8.2 When a Dubbing-Room Becomes a Language Laboratory -- 8.3 Uncertain Locations, or How to Create a New Contrast of Voices Inside a Dubbing-Room -- 8.4 'Whose Language Is it?', or The Birth of a Home-made Alien -- 8.5 Playing with Distance: 'We Have Such Empathy with the Original!' -- 8.6 'Dubbing Is Recreation', or The Philosophy of a Hybrid-Maker -- 8.7 Overlapping Audiences: Someone, Somewhere is More Recreative Than You! -- 8.8 Viewing as Dubbing, or How Dubbing Treatment Became the Target of Many Comments -- 8.9 The World Market, or How to Make Many Films into One and Split One Audience into Many -- 8.10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9. Malabar Gods, Nation-Building and World Culture: On Perceptions of the Local and the Global, by Giles Tarabout. 9.1 Teyyam as a Cult of and for Localities -- 9.2 Meeting with the Colonial West -- 9.3 Meeting with Christianity -- 9.4 Reformists in Action -- 9.5 Marxists in Action -- 9.6 Building the Nation -- 9.7 Scholars in Action -- 9.8 Looking for Money and Consideration -- 9.9 Meeting the International Public -- 9.10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10. Globalizing Hinduism: A 'Traditional' Guru and Modern Businessmen in Chennai, by C. J. Fuller and John Harriss -- 10.1 Swami Dayanda Saraswati and His Activities -- 10.2 Chennai Businessmen and their Religion -- 10.3 Dayananda's 'Traditional' Teaching -- 10.4 Business Success and Dayananda's Appeal in Chennai -- 10.5 The 'Cultural Vacuum' and 'Generic' Hinduism -- 10.6 Conclusion: Globalization and Hinduism -- Notes -- Bibliography.
This is one of the first books to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society.
9781843313823
Culture and globalization -- India.
Ethnology -- India.
India -- Social conditions.
Indians -- Economic conditions.
Indians -- Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
2005031966
306.0954
Globalizing India : Perspectives from Below. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages) - Anthem South Asian Studies . - Anthem South Asian Studies .
Front Matter -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Ackowledgements -- Main Body -- Chapter 1. Introduction, by Jackie Assayag and C. J. Fuller -- 1.1 Globalization in India -- 1.2 An Outline of this Book -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part One: Economy and Agriculture -- Chapter 2. On the History of Globalization and India: Concepts, Measures and Debates, by G. Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- 2.1 Introdution: A Problematic Catergory -- 2.2 The Perspective from World Economic History -- 2.3 The World and Early Modern India -- 2.4 Colonial Trade and Globalization -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3. In Search of 'Basmatisthan': Agro-Nationalism and Globalization, by Denis Vidal -- 3.1 Globalization and Delocalization -- 3.2 Globalization and Relocalization -- 3.3 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Seeds of Wrath: Agriculture, Biotechnology and Globalization, by Jackie Assayag -- 4.1 South India -- 4.2 Paris, Europe and the World -- 4.3 Agriculture in India -- 4.4 The Agro-capitalist Cosmology of Seeds -- 4.5 Farmers Against Globalization -- 4.6 The Vernacular Cosmology of Seeds -- 4.7 Moneylenders, Brokers, Sellers -- 4.8 Body, Transplantation and Conspiracy -- 4.9 Globalization, History and Causality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Weaving for 'Ikea' in South India: Subcontracting, Labour Markets and Gender Relations in a Global Value Chain, by Geert de Neve -- 5.1 The Location, Company and Products -- 5.2 Labour Recruitment and the Strategy of 'Putting Out' -- 5.3 To Weave or Not to Weave - the Workers' Perspective -- 5.4 A Comparison with the Kamaraj Colony -- 5.5 Workers' Mobility: Shifting Patterns of Post-Marital Residence -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part Two: Education and Language. Chapter 6. 'Children are Capital, Grandchildren are Interest': Changing Educational Strategies and Parenting in Calcutta's Middle-Class Families, by Henrike Donner -- 6.1 The Setting -- 6.2 Education and Expectations in the Global Economy -- 6.3 Parenting -- 6.4 Shared Parenting -- 6.5 Paternal Grandmothers -- 6.6 Mothers and Networks -- 6.7 Conclusion: Educational Strategies and Intra-Household Relations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Of Languages, Passions and Interests: Education, Regionalism and Globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000, by Véronique Bénéȉ -- 7.1 Introduction: 'Globalization' in Maharashtra -- 7.2 Linguistic Globalism in the Region -- 7.3 Imperial and Global Idioms, and Economic Privileges -- 7.4 Regional Identities and Nation-Building -- 7.5 Globalization at the Grassroots Level -- 7.6 Epilogue: of Passions and Interests -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part Three: Culture and Religion -- Chapter 8. Maps of Audiences: Bombay Films, the French Territory and the Making of an 'Oblique' Market, by Emmanuel Grimaud -- 8.1 The Globe as an Experimental Field -- 8.2 When a Dubbing-Room Becomes a Language Laboratory -- 8.3 Uncertain Locations, or How to Create a New Contrast of Voices Inside a Dubbing-Room -- 8.4 'Whose Language Is it?', or The Birth of a Home-made Alien -- 8.5 Playing with Distance: 'We Have Such Empathy with the Original!' -- 8.6 'Dubbing Is Recreation', or The Philosophy of a Hybrid-Maker -- 8.7 Overlapping Audiences: Someone, Somewhere is More Recreative Than You! -- 8.8 Viewing as Dubbing, or How Dubbing Treatment Became the Target of Many Comments -- 8.9 The World Market, or How to Make Many Films into One and Split One Audience into Many -- 8.10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9. Malabar Gods, Nation-Building and World Culture: On Perceptions of the Local and the Global, by Giles Tarabout. 9.1 Teyyam as a Cult of and for Localities -- 9.2 Meeting with the Colonial West -- 9.3 Meeting with Christianity -- 9.4 Reformists in Action -- 9.5 Marxists in Action -- 9.6 Building the Nation -- 9.7 Scholars in Action -- 9.8 Looking for Money and Consideration -- 9.9 Meeting the International Public -- 9.10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10. Globalizing Hinduism: A 'Traditional' Guru and Modern Businessmen in Chennai, by C. J. Fuller and John Harriss -- 10.1 Swami Dayanda Saraswati and His Activities -- 10.2 Chennai Businessmen and their Religion -- 10.3 Dayananda's 'Traditional' Teaching -- 10.4 Business Success and Dayananda's Appeal in Chennai -- 10.5 The 'Cultural Vacuum' and 'Generic' Hinduism -- 10.6 Conclusion: Globalization and Hinduism -- Notes -- Bibliography.
This is one of the first books to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society.
9781843313823
Culture and globalization -- India.
Ethnology -- India.
India -- Social conditions.
Indians -- Economic conditions.
Indians -- Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
2005031966
306.0954