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Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia (Routledge new Horizons in South Asian Studies) (in English)
Mizuho Matsuo (Editor), Sae Nakamura (Editor), Kenta Funahashi (Editor) (Author)
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Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia (Routledge new Horizons in South Asian Studies) (in English) - Mizuho Matsuo (Editor), Sae Nakamura (Editor), Kenta Funahashi (Editor)
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Synopsis "Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia (Routledge new Horizons in South Asian Studies) (in English)"
This book explores the experiential and affective dimensions of structural transformation in South Asia through contemporary and historical accounts of life, ageing, illness, and death. The contributions to this book include analyses from various regions in South Asia, and topics discussed uncover how people's experiences of life, ageing, illness, and death are entangled with the technology of governance, biomedicine, neoliberal restructuring and other national/international policies. Structured in three parts - governance, technology, and citizenship; well-being and restructuring of the social; waiting, hesitation, and hope as attitudes in facing the precariousness and fundamental uncertainty of life - the book brings to light the ways in which people face and continue to engage with their own and others' lives cautiously, waveringly, but with a sense of hope. A novel contribution to the study of how people struggle or navigate their lives through the conditions of inequity and precariousness in South Asia, this book will be of interest to researchers studying anthropology, sociology, history, medical and development studies of South Asia, as well as to those interested in cultural and social theory.
