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Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective: Essays on Morality, Achievement and Modernity

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Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective: Essays on Morality, Achievement and Modernity - Bayly, Susan
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Contemporary Asian societies present a variety of contrasting experiences and afterlives of colonialism, revolutionary socialism, religion and secular nationalism. Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective draws together essays that demonstrate how modernity has shaped two Asian settings in particular - India and Vietnam. It traces historical and contemporary realities through a variety of compelling topics such as the experience of the Indian caste system and the ethical challenges faced by Vietnamese working women ...

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Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective: Essays on Morality, Achievement and Modernity 2024, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781805395003

Hardcover