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'The Texture of Being: Phenomenological Inquiries into Gender, Culture, and Power' offers a powerful exploration of the lived experiences of women and marginalised communities negotiating the forces of patriarchy, technology, and public space in contemporary India. Drawing on rich qualitative fieldwork, this edited volume brings together chapters that probe the entanglements of gender with mobile technology, digital media, everyday movement, and cultural ident
'The Texture of Being: Phenomenological Inquiries into Gender, Culture, and Power' offers a powerful exploration of the lived experiences of women and marginalised communities negotiating the forces of patriarchy, technology, and public space in contemporary India. Drawing on rich qualitative fieldwork, this edited volume brings together chapters that probe the entanglements of gender with mobile technology, digital media, everyday movement, and cultural identity. From rural homemakers transforming mobile phones into tools of subversion, to Tamil women YouTubers crafting digital selves in the face of patriarchal backlash, to the radical politics of loitering as feminist praxis, the contributions illuminate how agency is negotiated in constrained settings. Grounded in feminist theory, phenomenology, and digital sociology, this book offers timely insights into the dynamic interplay of structure and resistance. An essential read for scholars of gender studies, development, and South Asian cultural politics.
'The Texture of Being: Phenomenological Inquiries into Gender, Culture, and Power' offers a powerful exploration of the lived experiences of women and marginalised communities negotiating the forces of patriarchy, technology, and public space in contemporary India. Drawing on rich qualitative fieldwork, this edited volume brings together chapters that probe the entanglements of gender with mobile technology, digital media, everyday movement, and cultural ident
'The Texture of Being: Phenomenological Inquiries into Gender, Culture, and Power' offers a powerful exploration of the lived experiences of women and marginalised communities negotiating the forces of patriarchy, technology, and public space in contemporary India. Drawing on rich qualitative fieldwork, this edited volume brings together chapters that probe the entanglements of gender with mobile technology, digital media, everyday movement, and cultural identity. From rural homemakers transforming mobile phones into tools of subversion, to Tamil women YouTubers crafting digital selves in the face of patriarchal backlash, to the radical politics of loitering as feminist praxis, the contributions illuminate how agency is negotiated in constrained settings. Grounded in feminist theory, phenomenology, and digital sociology, this book offers timely insights into the dynamic interplay of structure and resistance. An essential read for scholars of gender studies, development, and South Asian cultural politics.
பாரம்பரிய சமூகவியல் முறைகள் பெரும்பாலும் சமூக வாழ்க்கையின் முழு நிறமாலையையும் படம்பிடிக்கத் தவறிவிடுகின்றன என்று வளர்ந்து வரும் அங்கீகாரத்திற்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதமாக,
பாரம்பரிய சமூகவியல் முறைகள் பெரும்பாலும் சமூக வாழ்க்கையின் முழு நிறமாலையையும் படம்பிடிக்கத் தவறிவிடுகின்றன என்று வளர்ந்து வரும் அங்கீகாரத்திற்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதமாக, ஒரு துணைப் பிரிவாக காட்சி சமூகவியல் தோன்றியது. புகைப்படங்கள், திரைப்படங்கள், ஓவியங்கள், விளம்பரங்கள் மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் ஊடகங்கள் போன்ற பல்வேறு காட்சிப் பொருட்களைப் பயன்படுத்துவதன் மூலம், காட்சி சமூகவியல் இந்த வகையான காட்சி வெளிப்பாட்டிற்குள் பொதிந்துள்ள அடிப்படை அர்த்தங்கள், நம்பிக்கைகள் மற்றும் மதிப்புகளைக் கண்டறிய முயல்கிறது. இந்த அணுகுமுறை சமூகத்தைப் பற்றிய நமது புரிதலை வளப்படுத்துவது மட்டுமல்லாமல், நம்மைச் சுற்றியுள்ள காட்சி உலகத்துடன் நாம் ஈடுபடுவோம் விளக்க வழிகளை மறு மதிப்பீடு செய்ய நம்மை சவால் செய்கிறது.
பாரம்பரிய சமூகவியல் முறைகள் பெரும்பாலும் சமூக வாழ்க்கையின் முழு நிறமாலையையும் படம்பிடிக்கத் தவறிவிடுகின்றன என்று வளர்ந்து வரும் அங்கீகாரத்திற்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதமாக,
பாரம்பரிய சமூகவியல் முறைகள் பெரும்பாலும் சமூக வாழ்க்கையின் முழு நிறமாலையையும் படம்பிடிக்கத் தவறிவிடுகின்றன என்று வளர்ந்து வரும் அங்கீகாரத்திற்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதமாக, ஒரு துணைப் பிரிவாக காட்சி சமூகவியல் தோன்றியது. புகைப்படங்கள், திரைப்படங்கள், ஓவியங்கள், விளம்பரங்கள் மற்றும் டிஜிட்டல் ஊடகங்கள் போன்ற பல்வேறு காட்சிப் பொருட்களைப் பயன்படுத்துவதன் மூலம், காட்சி சமூகவியல் இந்த வகையான காட்சி வெளிப்பாட்டிற்குள் பொதிந்துள்ள அடிப்படை அர்த்தங்கள், நம்பிக்கைகள் மற்றும் மதிப்புகளைக் கண்டறிய முயல்கிறது. இந்த அணுகுமுறை சமூகத்தைப் பற்றிய நமது புரிதலை வளப்படுத்துவது மட்டுமல்லாமல், நம்மைச் சுற்றியுள்ள காட்சி உலகத்துடன் நாம் ஈடுபடுவோம் விளக்க வழிகளை மறு மதிப்பீடு செய்ய நம்மை சவால் செய்கிறது.
Targetting graduate students opting for a course on Sociology of Media and Society, this book explores the historical evolution of media, from print to digital platforms, and its profound impact on our lives; delves into theories that unravel the power dynamics and cultural influences shaping the media landscape; discovers how media intertwines with popular culture, social relations, and democratic processes; and aims at a deeper understanding of the ethical a
Targetting graduate students opting for a course on Sociology of Media and Society, this book explores the historical evolution of media, from print to digital platforms, and its profound impact on our lives; delves into theories that unravel the power dynamics and cultural influences shaping the media landscape; discovers how media intertwines with popular culture, social relations, and democratic processes; and aims at a deeper understanding of the ethical and legal considerations surrounding media production and consumption and equips the readers with the tools for critical media literacy and navigate the complexities of our modern world.
Targetting graduate students opting for a course on Sociology of Media and Society, this book explores the historical evolution of media, from print to digital platforms, and its profound impact on our lives; delves into theories that unravel the power dynamics and cultural influences shaping the media landscape; discovers how media intertwines with popular culture, social relations, and democratic processes; and aims at a deeper understanding of the ethical a
Targetting graduate students opting for a course on Sociology of Media and Society, this book explores the historical evolution of media, from print to digital platforms, and its profound impact on our lives; delves into theories that unravel the power dynamics and cultural influences shaping the media landscape; discovers how media intertwines with popular culture, social relations, and democratic processes; and aims at a deeper understanding of the ethical and legal considerations surrounding media production and consumption and equips the readers with the tools for critical media literacy and navigate the complexities of our modern world.
Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of
Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of deploying the concept of person as observable in the new spate of Tamil movies that have come out during the last decade of the 20th Century. While the old concept of person as seen through Tamil films, strictly adhered to the idioms and codes generated by Dravidian movement, the post 1990s Tamil Film heroes, break and violates these idioms and codes, and unveil a completely new person, whose significance, especially in the context of socio-economic-political changes of the globalisation phase, is the focus of this book.
This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning
This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning social and development research/er.
Development remains a contested concept, as ever. While many argue that the solution for ‘less development’ is ‘more development’, there are others who stoutly defend the thesis that the real solution is ‘no development’. The latter claim that if we substitute the word ‘poverty’ with the word ‘destitution’, then it becomes evident that almost all forms and manifestations of destitution, are arguably development-induced. Although poverty as ‘
Development remains a contested concept, as ever. While many argue that the solution for ‘less development’ is ‘more development’, there are others who stoutly defend the thesis that the real solution is ‘no development’. The latter claim that if we substitute the word ‘poverty’ with the word ‘destitution’, then it becomes evident that almost all forms and manifestations of destitution, are arguably development-induced. Although poverty as ‘material resourcelessness’ always existed, destitution was unknown to societies of pre-development era. Destitution is the cruelest condition of absolute social, moral and collective resourcelessness, that pushes people to starvation, homelessness and aloneness. While macrolevel studies, instead of proving underdevelopment as the outcome of poverty, need to reverse the cliched casual-chain and study as to how development induces destitution, microlevel studies need to study specific forms of destitution, and as to how they directly co-relatable to the ever expanding landscape of development – both as practice and attitude of mind. This book aspires to do the latter, in small measure.
Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of
Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of deploying the concept of person as observable in the new spate of Tamil movies that have come out during the last decade of the 20th Century. While the old concept of person as seen through Tamil films, strictly adhered to the idioms and codes generated by Dravidian movement, the post 1990s Tamil Film heroes, break and violates these idioms and codes, and unveil a completely new person, whose significance, especially in the context of socio-economic-political changes of the globalisation phase, is the focus of this book.
This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning
This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning social and development research/er.
This books contains stories of marginalisation and poverty, retold by the author (who claims no authorship our these stories, so why the word 'retold'), over a period of 17 years. Drawing upon his experience, as a development sector researcher, these stories centre around development issues such as poverty, disability, community care, and caste-based discrimination. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this books aspires to offer humane p
This books contains stories of marginalisation and poverty, retold by the author (who claims no authorship our these stories, so why the word 'retold'), over a period of 17 years. Drawing upon his experience, as a development sector researcher, these stories centre around development issues such as poverty, disability, community care, and caste-based discrimination. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this books aspires to offer humane perspectives to the issues as it is experienced, lived and felt by the very people who have chosen to share their stories in good faith to the narrator.
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