Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia: Living through the Age of Hope and Precariousness...

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Matsuo Mizuho (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) Nakamura Sae (Grad. Sch. of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia

Living through the Age of Hope and Precariousness

Matsuo Mizuho (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), Nakamura Sae (Grad. Sch. of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), Funahashi Kenta (Fac. of Sociol., Ryukoku Univ., Japan)

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English

Routledge
22 February 2023

Regional studies; Development studies; Economics; Medical sociology; Medical anthropology

Series: Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies

This book explores the experiential and affective dimensions of structural transformation in South Asia through contemporary and historical accounts of life, ageing, illness, and death.

The contributions to this book include analyses from various regions in South Asia, and topics discussed uncover how people’s experiences of life, ageing, illness, and death are entangled with the technology of governance, biomedicine, neoliberal restructuring and other national/international policies. Structured in three parts – governance, technology, and citizenship; well-being and restructuring of the social; waiting, hesitation, and hope as attitudes in facing the precariousness and fundamental uncertainty of life – the book brings to light the ways in which people face and continue to engage with their own and others’ lives cautiously, waveringly, but with a sense of hope.

A novel contribution to the study of how people struggle or navigate their lives through the conditions of inequity and precariousness in South Asia, this book will be of interest to researchers studying anthropology, sociology, history, medical and development studies of South Asia, as well as to those interested in cultural and social theory.

Edited by: Matsuo Mizuho (National Museum of Ethnology Japan), Nakamura Sae (Grad. Sch. of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan), Funahashi Kenta (Fac. of Sociol., Ryukoku Univ., Japan)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032327440
ISBN 10: 1032327448
Series: Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 22 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mizuho Matsuo is Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan. Sae Nakamura is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. Kenta Funahashi is Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Ryukoku University, Japan.