The Japanese Overseas: Can They Go Home Again?, White Merry E.
Автор: Nalini Natarajan Название: Atlantic Gandhi: The Mahatma Overseas ISBN: 9353880009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353880002 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using the frames of diaspora theory, post-colonial discourse theory and the recent Atlantic turn in studies of resistance, this book brings into relief Gandhi's experience as a traveler moving from a classic colony, India, to the plantation and mining society of South Africa.
The author forwards the argument that this move between different modes of production brought Gandhi into contact with indentured laborers, with whom he shared exilic and diasporic consciousness, and whose difficult yet resilient lives inspired his philosophy. It reads Gandhi's nationalistic (that is, anti-colonial) sentiments as born in diasporic exile, where he formed his perspective as a provincial subject in a multiracial plantation.
The author's viewpoint has been inspired by the new analytic that has emerged in the last few decades: the Atlantic as an ocean that not just transported the victims of a greedy plantation system, but also saw the ferment of revolutionary ideas.
Advance Praise
Learned and insightful, Nalini Natarajan, has written an amazing study of Gandhi which shows how transnational, planetary forces from the Caribbean, South Africa, and India were brought to bear on his concept of Indianness. His reading of Thoreau, Ruskin, and Tolstoy helped him form his conception of India as frugal, vegetarian, spiritual, adhering to ahimsa and satyagraha, and a style of anti-modernism which would lead to a very modern struggle of independence on the one hand but separation from the struggles of Zulu in Africa and blacks in Guyana on the other hand. Call them coolie, subaltern, or proletarian, Gandhi's construction of the idea of "India" arose in relation to, but not identity with, the workers of the barracks, the cane field, and the gold mine who produce in war, drugs, and money the defining experiences of modernity. Few will be able to read this book without serious reconsideration of Gandhi's cultural politics and political philosophy. Here is an oceanic Gandhi.
Peter Linebaugh author of London Hanged Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century (1991) and co-author of The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (2001)
with Marcus Rediker
In Atlantic Gandhi: The Mahatma Overseas, Nalini Natarajan places the "coolie woman" in South Africa under the microscope of Gandhian lens against the parallel discourses on their questionable sexuality and value as a labour resource in other sites of Indian indentured labour, including the Caribbean. In doing so she moves us towards a current and more comparative rethinking of the historical cliches that have typified the study of diasporic Indian gender relations under the colonial enterprise.
Patricia Mohammed,Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Caribbean gender studies historian and maker of the award winning filmCoolie Pink and Green
Автор: Adachi, Nobuko Название: Japanese and nikkei at home and abroad ISBN: 1604976861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781604976861 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15862.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book is a pioneering attempt to explore the overseas labour recruitment system and practices in India, with its multiple layers and levels of alleged corruption and fraudulence, and to propose the principles of a new institution of emigration governance that ensures minimal social and transaction costs.
Автор: Tong Joy Kooi-Chin Название: Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China ISBN: 0857283537 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857283535 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15863.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Inspired by Max Weber's thesis on the Protestant ethic, 'Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China' sets out to understand the role and influence of Christianity on Overseas Chinese businesspeople working in contemporary China. Through its in-depth interviews and participant observations (involving 60 Overseas Chinese entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the United States), the text discusses how Christianity has come to fulfill an increasingly visible and dynamic function in the country, most notably as a new source of business morality.
Recognizing that China's economic transition toward a market-oriented economy was not initiated by Christians (or indeed any other religious group), this volume demonstrates the importance of exploring the impact of religious ethics on economics at micro and organizational levels, via the subjective understandings of individuals and small businesses. Significant but often neglected facets of Weber's thesis arise as a result. Of key importance is the issue of gender differences within the Christian ethos - a crucial aspect of the Protestant ethic that has yet to be systematically studied, but which offers great potential to enhance our understanding of Weber's work. As a result, the text's novel application of Weberian sociology to the context of contemporary China can be seen to offer a double return, elucidating both the theory and its subject.
Автор: White Merry E. Название: The Japanese Overseas: Can They Go Home Again? ISBN: 0691606137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691606132 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
The astonishing success of Japanese corporations throughout the world has transplanted millions of Japanese into foreign lands, but returning families face a crisis--a problematic, sometimes traumatic reunion with an inward-looking culture. Drawing on scores of in-depth interviews, Merry White explores the personal and social consequences of a problem that is fully recognized as a national issue in Japan. She pays particular attention to the plight of the returnee Japanese child--a stranger in his or her own land. In this knowledgeable and perceptive book, Merry White] describes how families who have returned from prolonged sojourns abroad endure damaged careers and spoiled educational prospects.--Joan Cassell, The New York Times Book Review An invaluable source of insights into the problems that Japanese overseas face and the strategies they pursue, both in adjusting to life in foreign countries and in preparing for what may or may not be a hospitable welcome when they arrive back home.--Theodore C. Bestor, The Journal of Asian Studies
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