Shiptown : : Between Rural and Urban North India / / Ann Grodzins Gold.
Jahazpur is a small market town or qasba with a diverse population of more than 20,000 people located in Bhilwara District in the North Indian state of Rajasthan. With roots deep in history and legend, Shiptown (a literal translation of landlocked Jahazpur's name) today is a subdistrict headqua...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary Ethnography
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) :; 30 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Legends: Of Names, Snakes, and Compassion
- Chapter 2. Entries: Five Gates and a Window
- Chapter 3. Colony: Suburban Satisfaction
- Chapter 4. Streets: Everyone Loves a Parade
- Chapter 5. Depths: Minas and Jains Inside, Outside, Underground
- Chapter 6. Questioning Landscapes: Of Trees and a River
- Chapter 7. Teaching Hearts: A Triple Wedding
- Chapter 8. Talking Business: Commerce and Cosmology
- Epilogue. Wondrous Jahazpur
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments