Overview
At the beginning of the 21st century, alcoholism, transnational drug trafficking and drug addiction constitute major problems in various South Asian countries. The production, circulation and consumption of intoxicating substances created (and responded to) social upheavals in the region and had widespread economic, political and cultural repercussions on an international level. This book looks at the cultural, social, and economic history of intoxicants in South Asia, and analyses the role that alcohol and drugs have played in the region. The book explores the linkages between changing meanings of intoxicating substances, the making of and contestations over colonial and national regimes of regulation, economics, and practices and experiences of consumption. It shows the development of current meanings of intoxicants in South Asia – in terms of politics, cultural norms and identity formation – and the way in which the history of drugs and alcohol is enmeshed in the history of modern empires and nation states — even in a country in which a staunch teetotaller and active anti-drug crusader like Mohandas Gandhi is presented as the ‘father of the nation’. Primarily a historical analysis, the book also includes perspectives from Modern Indology and Cultural Anthropology and situates developments in South Asia in wider imperial and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars working on the social and cultural history of alcohol and drugs, South Asian Studies and Global History.
Full Product Details
Author: Harald Fischer-Tiné (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) ,
Jana Tschurenev (University of Göttingen. Germany)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.620kg
ISBN: 9780415842631
ISBN 10: 0415842638
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 16 December 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Taken together, the essays [...] add significantly to the existing body of knowledge on the subject. They successfully complement the history of the economic impact of trade in intoxicants in colonial India with their political significance and consequence. Studies in History, Sugata Nandi, West Bengal State University, India.
Taken together, the essays [...] add significantly to the existing body of knowledge on the subject. They successfully complement the history of the economic impact of trade in intoxicants in colonial India with their political significance and consequence. Studies in History, Sugata Nandi, West Bengal State University, India.
Taken together, the essays [...] add significantly to the existing body of knowledge on the subject. They successfully complement the history of the economic impact of trade in intoxicants in colonial India with their political significance and consequence. Studies in History, Sugata Nandi, West Bengal State University, India.
Author Information
Harald Fischer-Tiné is Professor of Modern Global History at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich), Switzerland. Jana Tschurenev is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Göttingen. Germany.
