Book description
The book comprises contributions from the fields of political theory and philosophy; ancient, medieval and modern history; sociology; anthropology and creative arts. It provides perspectives drawing on the multicultural experiences of the United States, Britain, Trinidad, Pakistan and Malaysia and includes experience of composite culture in the ancient, medieval and modern periods of Indian history. There are essays on the contemporary experience of multiculturalism in India. It covers social sciences, international relations, cultural studies, international migration and diasporic communities.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Introduction
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PART I The Non-Indian Experience
- Chapter 1. Composite Culture and Multicultural Society
- Chapter 2. The Reality of Multiculturalism in the United States
- Chapter 3. Britishness out of Immigration and Anti-Racism
- Chapter 4. Composite Culture in Trinidad
- Chapter 5. Islam, Urdu and Hindu as the Other: Instruments of Cultural Homogeneity in Pakistan
- Chapter 6. Dimensions of Contested and Composite Culture in Malaysia: A Case Study of the Indian Diaspora
- PART II India: The Historical Experience
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PART III India: The Contemporary Experience
- Chapter 10. Composite Culture, Community and Identity: Interface with Social Change in India
- Chapter 11. Multiculturalism in Twentieth-century India: Ambiguity and Ambivalence
- Chapter 12. Towards the Concept of a New Nationhood: Languages and Literatures in India
- Chapter 13. The Performing Arts and Multiculturalism in India
- Chapter 14. The Syntax of Secularism in Hindi Cinema
- Notes
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Composite Culture in a Multicultural Society
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2006
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9788131785218
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