At Home in Diaspora: South Asian Scholars and the West
Assayag, Jackie and Veronique Benei (Eds.)
Price
250
ISBN
9788178241678
Language
English
Pages
220
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2006
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Permanent Black

This book, comprising a blend of autobiography and intellectual history by some of South Asia’s foremost contemporary historians and sociologists, shows that the postcolonial scholar’s presence in the West is a phenomenon worthy of analysis. While considering nomadic theories in an age of globalisation, this book documents the complexities of the relationship between culture, knowledge, and the individual.

ASSAYAG, JACKIE (Ed.), is an anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Centre of Scientific Research), affiliated to the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. BENEI, VERONIQUE (Ed.), is currently teaching at the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics (LSE).