جهانی‌سازی هند: دیدگاه‌هایی از پایین (مطالعات جنوب آسیا آنتهم)

This is one of the earliest books to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society. The editors have assembled a team of eminent academics to present a series of critical discussions about important issues of economy and agriculture, education and language, and culture and religion, based on ethnographic case studies from different localities in India. Globalizing India is a major contribution to South Asian Studies, interrogating a topic of contemporary importance – both within the region and internationally. Front Matter 1 Half Title 1 Series Page 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 List of Contributors 7 Ackowledgements 9 Main Body 11 Chapter 1. Introduction, by Jackie Assayag and C. J. Fuller 11 1.1 Globalization in India 14 1.2 An Outline of this Book 16 1.3 Conclusion 22 Bibliography 24 Part One: Economy and Agriculture 25 Chapter 2. On the History of Globalization and India: Concepts, Measures and Debates, by G. Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam 27 2.1 Introdution: A Problematic Catergory 27 2.2 The Perspective from World Economic History 29 2.3 The World and Early Modern India 38 2.4 Colonial Trade and Globalization 42 2.5 Conclusion 48 Notes 49 Bibliography 54 Chapter 3. In Search of 'Basmatisthan': Agro-Nationalism and Globalization, by Denis Vidal 57 3.1 Globalization and Delocalization 58 3.2 Globalization and Relocalization 65 3.3 Conclusion 72 Notes 73 Bibliography 73 Chapter 4. Seeds of Wrath: Agriculture, Biotechnology and Globalization, by Jackie Assayag 75 4.1 South India 75 4.2 Paris, Europe and the World 76 4.3 Agriculture in India 77 4.4 The Agro-capitalist Cosmology of Seeds 79 4.5 Farmers Against Globalization 81 4.6 The Vernacular Cosmology of Seeds 85 4.7 Moneylenders, Brokers, Sellers 88 4.8 Body, Transplantation and Conspiracy 91 4.9 Globalization, History and Causality 94 Notes 96 Bibliography 97 Chapter 5. Weaving for 'Ikea' in South India: Subcontracting, Labour Markets and Gender Relations in a Global Value Chain, by Geert de Neve 99 5.1 The Location, Company and Products 101 5.2 Labour Recruitment and the Strategy of 'Putting Out' 102 5.3 To Weave or Not to Weave - the Workers' Perspective 108 5.4 A Comparison with the Kamaraj Colony 118 5.5 Workers' Mobility: Shifting Patterns of Post-Marital Residence 119 5.6 Conclusion 121 Notes 123 Bibliography 123 Part Two: Education and Language 127 Chapter 6. 'Children are Capital, Grandchildren are Interest': Changing Educational Strategies and Parenting in Calcutta's Middle-Class Families, by Henrike Donner 129 6.1 The Setting 130 6.2 Education and Expectations in the Global Economy 133 6.3 Parenting 137 6.4 Shared Parenting 140 6.5 Paternal Grandmothers 141 6.6 Mothers and Networks 144 6.7 Conclusion: Educational Strategies and Intra-Household Relations 145 Notes 146 Bibliography 147 Chapter 7. Of Languages, Passions and Interests: Education, Regionalism and Globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000, by Véronique Bénéȉ 151 7.1 Introduction: 'Globalization' in Maharashtra 152 7.2 Linguistic Globalism in the Region 154 7.3 Imperial and Global Idioms, and Economic Privileges 156 7.4 Regional Identities and Nation-Building 159 7.5 Globalization at the Grassroots Level 165 7.6 Epilogue: of Passions and Interests 167 Notes 168 Bibliography 170 Part Three: Culture and Religion 173 Chapter 8. Maps of Audiences: Bombay Films, the French Territory and the Making of an 'Oblique' Market, by Emmanuel Grimaud 175 8.1 The Globe as an Experimental Field 176 8.2 When a Dubbing-Room Becomes a Language Laboratory 178 8.3 Uncertain Locations, or How to Create a New Contrast of Voices Inside a Dubbing-Room 179 8.4 'Whose Language Is it?', or The Birth of a Home-made Alien 180 8.5 Playing with Distance: 'We Have Such Empathy with the Original!' 182 8.6 'Dubbing Is Recreation', or The Philosophy of a Hybrid-Maker 183 8.7 Overlapping Audiences: Someone, Somewhere is More Recreative Than You! 184 8.8 Viewing as Dubbing, or How Dubbing Treatment Became the Target of Many Comments 187 8.9 The World Market, or How to Make Many Films into One and Split One Audience into Many 189 8.10 Conclusion 191 Notes 192 Bibliography 193 Chapter 9. Malabar Gods, Nation-Building and World Culture: On Perceptions of the Local and the Global, by Giles Tarabout 195 9.1 Teyyam as a Cult of and for Localities 197 9.2 Meeting with the Colonial West 198 9.3 Meeting with Christianity 199 9.4 Reformists in Action 200 9.5 Marxists in Action 203 9.6 Building the Nation 207 9.7 Scholars in Action 210 9.8 Looking for Money and Consideration 212 9.9 Meeting the International Public 213 9.10 Conclusion 215 Notes 216 Bibliography 217 Chapter 10. Globalizing Hinduism: A 'Traditional' Guru and Modern Businessmen in Chennai, by C. J. Fuller and John Harriss 221 10.1 Swami Dayanda Saraswati and His Activities 223 10.2 Chennai Businessmen and their Religion 226 10.3 Dayananda's 'Traditional' Teaching 232 10.4 Business Success and Dayananda's Appeal in Chennai 235 10.5 The 'Cultural Vacuum' and 'Generic' Hinduism 238 10.6 Conclusion: Globalization and Hinduism 241 Notes 242 Bibliography 245 Introduction / Jackie Assayag And C.j. Fuller -- On The History Of Globalization And India : Concepts, Measures And Debates / G. Balachandran And Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- In Search Of Basmatisthan : Agro-nationalism And Globalization / Denis Vidal -- Seeds Of Wrath : Agriculture, Biotechnology And Globalization / Jackie Assayag -- Weaving For Ikea In South India : Subcontracting, Labour Markets And Gender Relations In A Global Value Chain / Geert De Neve -- Children Are Capital, Grandchildren Are Interest : Changing Educational Strategies And Parenting In Calcutta's Middle-class Families / Henrike Donner -- Of Languages, Passions And Interests : Education, Regionalism And Globalization In Maharashtra, 1800-2000 / Véronique Bénéï -- Maps Of Audiences : Bombay Films, The French Territory And The Making Of An Oblique Market / Emmanuel Grimaud -- Malabar Gods, Nation-building And World Culture : On Perceptions Of The Local And The Global / Gilles Tarabout -- Globalizing Hinduism : A Traditional Guru And Modern Businessmen In Chennai / C.j. Fuller And John Harriss. Edited By Jackie Assayag And C.j. Fuller. Includes Bibliographical References. "This book is one of the first to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society." "The concept of globalization itself needs critical examination, and one productive approach is to focus specifically on the local impacts of globalization in its various guises through comparative ethnographic investigations. Such research also permits examination of the relative significance of globalization, as opposed to national, regional or local factors of change that may actually be more salient." "Assayag and Fuller have assembled a team of eminent academics, who present a series of critical discussions about important issues of economy and agriculture, education and language, and culture and religion, based on ethnographic case-studies from different localities in India. This challenging collection also includes a major study of the history of globalization and India that sets current trends in perspective." "Globalizing India is a major contribution to South Asian Studies, interrogating a topic of contemporary importance - both within the region and internationally. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET This is one of the earliest books to present a collection of writings on the effects of globalization on India and Indian society. The very concept of globalization needs critical examination, and one productive approach is to focus specifically on the local impacts of globalization in its various guises through comparative ethnographic investigations. Such research also permits examination of the relative significance of globalization, as opposed to national, regional or local factors of change that may actually be more salient. Assayag and Fuller have assembled a team of eminent academics, who present a series of critical discussions about important issues of economy and agriculture, education and language, and culture and religion, based on ethnographic case studies from different localities in India. This challenging collection also includes a major study of the history of globalization and India that sets current trends in perspective. Over the last decade, globalization has become the great shorthand description for a vast variety of social and economic processes in almost every part of the world.