Cultural theory: the key concepts, ed. by Andrew Edgar et al., 2nd ed.

ISBN: 9780415791854, 0415791855

Providing clear and succinct introductions to a wide range of subjects, from feminism to postmodernism, this book continues to be an essential resource for students of literature, sociology, philosophy and media, and anyone wrestling with contemporary cultural theory.

Cultural traditions of Islam: its nature and growth

Grunebaum, GE Von

ISBN: 9788182902572, 8182902576

Culture

Highmore, Ben

ISBN: 9780415672740, 0415672740

A thought-provoking and engaging examination, the book is an ideal introductory text for students of media and cultural studies.;;

Culture and economic transformation: perspectives from India and China

Singh, Surjit et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788131605844, 8131605841

The essays in this book focus on a wide variety of topics concerning the contemporary socities of China and India, such as the middle classess and consumption patterms, the processes of migrations, labour markets, regional inequalities and housing besides critical social and policy concerns such as gender bias and discrimination, religious life and ethnic minorities.

Culture and emotional economy of migration

Narayan, Badri

ISBN: 9781138281271, 1138281271

This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular culture in both the homeland and the destination. It looks at the formations of cultures in the process of identity-making of approximately 200 million Indians scattered across the world, from colonial to contemporary times.

Culture, class, and critical theory: between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School

Gartman, David

ISBN: 9780415524209, 0415524202

Culture, development and social theory: towards an integrated social development

Clammer, John

ISBN: 9781780323145, 178032314X

Culture, ethnicity and identity: a reader, ed. by Jyotirmoy Prodhani et al

ISBN: 9788186307779, 818630777X

This reader addresses the issues of culture, ethnicity and identity pertaining to various ethno-cultural and social entities from the vantage of theoretical and analytical perspectives. The authors, included in the book, discursively explore the hermeneutics of the historico-cultural trajectories of the places and the people, their writings and translations, politics and performances as well as...

Culture, people and power: India and the globalized world, ed. by Amitabh Mattoo et al.

ISBN: 9788175417137, 8175417137

This volume is the fruit of an international seminar, Indian Culture in a Globalized World, organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi on its 60th anniversary in November 2010.

Culture, transformation and identity: travel, fiction, autobiography, ed. by Urmil Talwar et al.

ISBN: 9788131606742, 8131606740

Cultures, identities, multiculturalism and beyond, ed. by S. Gregory et al

ISBN: 9788131609149, 8131609146

The present volume is a small effort in capturing the cultural contours of different societies, and identifying the challenges of the contemporary and multicultural society for developing appropriate responses.

Customs in common

Thompson, E.P.

ISBN: 9789350024522, 9350024527

Customs of India: customs, manners, rituals, in 6 vols.

Bhargava, Gopal (ed.)

ISBN: 9788182055247, 8182055245

This set is a bouquet presenting the customs, manners, rituals their origins, features and characteristics. India has a 5000-years old culture comprising of so many religions, faiths, castes, communities, languages, rites and rituals from birth to death and even after. These six volumes tell all about conception, birth, puberty, betrothal, marriage, social customs, cremation and burial.

Dalit Christians in India

Patil, R.R (ed.): et al

ISBN: 9788178312088, 8178312085

Dalit liberative hermeneutics: Indian Christian dalit interpretation of Psalm 22

Jesurathnam, Kondasingu

ISBN: 9788184650860, 8184650868

The democratic predicament: cultural diversity in Europe and India

Tripathy, Jyotirmaya et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9780415811897, 0415811899

Examining the fundamental conflict between constructions of particular cultural identities and mandates of a unifying democratic ethos, the book brings forth the complexities underlying the politics of identity recognition and national integration.

The Dussehra of Kulu: history and analysis of a cultural phenomenon

Goswamy, Karuna

ISBN: 9788173055232, 8173055238

The Dussehra of Kulu has few parallels, not only as a religions `festival' or a colourful annual `fair', but also as a cultural phenomenon. For more than three hundred and fifty years, the festival has gone on being held, year after year, and participated in by hundreds of thousands.

Essays on Indian folk life and culture with special reference to Bengal, ed. by Rajarshi Mahapatra et al

Maity, Pradyot Kumar

ISBN: 9789381209387, 9381209383

Collection of author's articles written during 1963-1996.

Ethno-ornithology of Lepchas of Sikkim

Jha, Vanya et al

ISBN: 9789350181577, 9350181576

An in-depth study of ethno-ornithological traditions of the Lepchas-an aboriginal group of people of North-East India.

Ethnographies of schooling in contemporary India, ed. by Meenakshi Thapan

ISBN: 9788132113850, 8132113853