{"product_id":"9781405100625","title":"Perspectives on Modern South Asia A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGlobal Perspectives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePerspectives on Modern South Asia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Reader in Culture, History, and Representation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKamala Visweswaran\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Modern South Asia\u003c\/i\u003e presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins and development of the eight nations comprising modern South Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores South Asia’s common cultures, languages and religions and their relationship to its ethnic and national differences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays that provide understandings of the central dynamics of South Asia as an important cultural, political, and economic region of the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eKamala Visweswaran\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFictions of Feminist Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eUncommon Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Genocides Now: Gujarat in the Modern Imaginary of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405100625\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e396\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311024009356,"sku":"9781405100625","price":112.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405100625.jpg?v=1780206667","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405100625","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}