Textures of the ordinary : doing anthropology after Wittgenstein / Veena Das

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Das, Veena

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Thinking from elsewherePublication details: Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Orient BlackSwan: 2020.Description: (xiii, 410 pages)ISBN:

9789390122677

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DDC classification:

301.01 DAS

Summary: Textures of the Ordinary shows how anthropology finds a companionship with philosophy in the exploration of everyday life. Based on two decades of ethnographic work among low-income urban families in India, Das shows how the notion of texture aligns ethnography with the anthropological tone in Wittgenstein and Cavell, as well as in literary texts. The book shows different routes of return to the everyday as it is

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Prof. Ram Dayal Munda Central Library, IGNTU Amarkantak M.P. General Stacks	Sociology	301.01 DAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		80166

Textures of the Ordinary shows how anthropology finds a companionship with philosophy in the exploration of everyday life. Based on two decades of ethnographic work among low-income urban families in India, Das shows how the notion of texture aligns ethnography with the anthropological tone in Wittgenstein and Cavell, as well as in literary texts. The book shows different routes of return to the everyday as it is

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