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Author:   Frédérique Apffel-Marglin (Professor, Professor, Dept of Anthropology at Smith College, USA) ,  Sanjay Kumar (Secretary, Secretary, Deshkal Society) ,  Arvind Mishra (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.566kg
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9780198066415

ISBN 10:   0198066414
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   23 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; PART I: MARGIN/CENTER DYNAMICS, Introduction to Part I, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 1: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Situating Cultural Practices of the Marginal Communities In India, Rahul Ghai and Sanjay Kumar;; 2: Humiliation: Politics and Cultural Psychology of the Limits of Human Degradation, Ashis Nandy;; 3: Pollution, Subsistence, Sustainability in USA Nationalism: The Symbolic Construction of 'Appalachia' as America's 'trash' People, Betsy Taylor;; 4: Livelihoods and Cultural Codes: Pork and Pigs in Indian Culture, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp; PART II: CULTURAL PRACTICES, Introduction to PART II, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 5: The Potential of Fair Trade for Bio-Cultural Regeneration: The Case of the Oro Verde cooperative in Peru, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 6: Representation, Resistance, and Identity: The Musahards of the Middle Gangetic Plain, Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Mishra, Badri Narayan, and Rafiul Ahmed;; 7: Seeking Begumpura: Radical Bhakti and Dalit Social Movements, Gail Omvedt;; 8: Qissa Mir-e-Alam: Experiences of reinvigorating sufiyana qalam tradition with marginalized musicians, Rahul Ghai;; PART III: QUESTIONING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH, Introduction to Part III, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 9: Culture Matters in the Knowledge Economy, Linda Tuhiwai Smith;; 10: How can the Capability Approach be used to Serve Marginalized Communities at the Grassroots Level?, Ingrid Robeyns;; 11: Language Disadvantage and Capability Deprivation of Tribal Mother Tongue Speakers, Ajit Mohanty;; 12: . From Imperialism to Globalization by Way of Development, Stephen Marglin.

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Frédérique Apffel-Marglin is Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology at Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA Sanjay Kumar is Secretary, Deshkal Society, Delhi Arvind Kumar Mishra is Assistant Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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