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- Ethnography, Cultural Anthropology, Disability Studies, Sociology, Gender Studies, Gender, and 29 moreGender and Sexuality, Social Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies, South Asia, Stigma, Discrimination, Narratives, Disability Laws in India, Disability and personhood, Disability Movement, Culture, Critical Theory, Critical Disability Studies, Sociology of the Body, Critical Social Theory, Sociology of Disability, India, Feminist Theory, Sexuality and Disability, Disability Theory, Feminist Disability Studies, South Asian Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Disability policy, Disability Studies in Education, Disability, Anthropology of Disability, Medical Anthropology, and Crip theoryedit
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This idea for this special volume on Disability and COVID-19 in South Asia came up at a time when all of us, globally and locally, were struggling with the pandemic for the majority of 2020. Bringing out this volume under the aegis of... more
This idea for this special volume on Disability and COVID-19 in South Asia came up at a time when all of us, globally and locally, were struggling with the pandemic for the majority of 2020. Bringing out this volume under the aegis of journal Disability and the Global South (DGS) is significant. DGS has aimed to first identify and acknowledge the diversity of disability experiences in the Global South and, second, make these experiences readily available and accessible to disabled people and their communities in the regions where the contributors themselves are from. In fact, in undertaking this special issue as editors, we would like to recognize the incredible persistence of our contributors to continue to work with us throughout the development of the papers, alongside acknowledging the many original contributors who were also unable to accept our invitation to participate because of the covid19 pandemic impacts upon every aspect of their lives.
A partir d'une enquete realisee dans la ville de Berhampur, un centre d'echange important en Orissa meridional (Inde), l'A. discute la signification culturelle de l'or dans la vie sociale des communautes hindoues.... more
A partir d'une enquete realisee dans la ville de Berhampur, un centre d'echange important en Orissa meridional (Inde), l'A. discute la signification culturelle de l'or dans la vie sociale des communautes hindoues. L'enquete concerne essentiellement des hommes et femmes appartenant a la classe moyenne urbaine des groupes linguistiques Oriya et Telugu. Analysant la valeur economique, symbolique et sociale attachee au metal precieux, il aborde les questions suivantes : l'or dans les ecritures saintes ; l'or dans la vie sociale urbaine ; l'or dans la bijouterie ; l'or et la notion de purete dans le systeme des castes ; le role de l'or dans le mariage et dans les relations de parente ; les femmes et l'or.
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This paper discusses disability from an anthropological perspective by locating it in the social context of rural Haryana State in India. Without going by the prevalent rhetoric of disability movements, an attempt has been made to... more
This paper discusses disability from an anthropological perspective by locating it in the social context of rural Haryana State in India. Without going by the prevalent rhetoric of disability movements, an attempt has been made to understand the social conditions of disabled ...
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Gita Chadha and M. T. Joseph, eds. 2018. Re-Imagining Sociology in India: Feminist Perspectives. Oxon and New York: Routledge. xii + 348 pp. References, index. ₹1095 (hardback).
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Foregrounding disability from an anthropological perspective, this book significantly contributes to the studies in marginalization and social inequalities. Tracing global debates on definition of disability, rehabilitation and policies... more
Foregrounding disability from an anthropological perspective, this book significantly contributes to the studies in marginalization and social inequalities. Tracing global debates on definition of disability, rehabilitation and policies over time, it seeks to work towards a South Asian model of disability. Covering a wide range of issues from international and national contexts, it critically examines the role of disability rights movements, state and civil society organizations in carving out disability discourses, policies and practices. Using ethnography, cultural perceptions of disability, construction of gender and personhood in rural and urban contexts and issues in social support and care work are explored. The book also highlights the implications of globalization and psychosocial disabilities among the poor urban women. An intersectional lens is further employed to analyse disabled persons’ access to resources like education and employment opportunities in diverse sectors o...
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Disability remains an obstruction in attaining the full potential of an individual. Each community has its characteristic way of understanding disability and coping with its disabled population. Disability locates the individual in a... more
Disability remains an obstruction in attaining the full potential of an individual. Each community has its characteristic way of understanding disability and coping with its disabled population. Disability locates the individual in a compromised position not only for biological reasons, ...
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