Kamala Ganesh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1265859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamala Ganesh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamala |
| FAMILY NAME | Ganesh |
| SIGNATURE | GANESH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology University of Mumbai |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Complicating ‘Victimhood’ In Diaspora Studies: The Saga of Tamils In Exile
As an interdisciplinary field, Diaspora Studies has drawn from many disciplines, including sociology, especially from its debates on migration, structure and agency. This lecture draws on my ethnographic fieldwork on the Sri Lankan Tamils in Germany. It analyses their transition following the civil war in Sri Lanka, from being refugee immigrants to becoming a successful diaspora, well integrated economically, yet holding a powerful identity as Ta…
No full circle: Revisiting my journey in feminist anthropology
This article is a reflection on my career as a feminist anthropologist. It suggests that it was feminism that allowed sociology to be reflexively reversed in using the life of an individual to understand the bigger system. It moves on to discuss my own engagement with feminist anthropology: my growth as a scholar in the field over nearly four decades which also mirrors some aspects of the development of the subject and the Indian scholarship arou…
New Wine in Old Bottles? Family and Kinship Studies in the Bombay School
Leela Dube, 1923-2012
Intra-community Dissent and Dialogue: The Bombay Parsis and the Zoroastrian Diaspora
This article explores the tension between the local and transnational communities through a discussion of the Bombay Parsis and their relationship with the Zoroastrian diaspora in the West. It demonstrates how developments in both locations mutually interact and shape changes in perceptions and attitudes. Current formulations of 'community' stress its harmony and unity. The Parsi Zoroastrian case, in contrast, suggests that internal dissent is a …
Jajmani relations in Tirunelveli district: A case study of the Kottai Pillaimar, 1839-1979
New Wine in Old Bottles? Family and Kinship Studies in the Bombay School
Intra-community Dissent and Dialogue: The Bombay Parsis and the Zoroastrian Diaspora
This article explores the tension between the local and transnational communities through a discussion of the Bombay Parsis and their relationship with the Zoroastrian diaspora in the West. It demonstrates how developments in both locations mutually interact and shape changes in perceptions and attitudes. Current formulations of 'community' stress its harmony and unity. The Parsi Zoroastrian case, in contrast, suggests that internal dissent is a …
Jajmani relations in Tirunelveli district: A case study of the Kottai Pillaimar, 1839-1979
Intra-community Dissent and Dialogue: The Bombay Parsis and the Zoroastrian Diaspora
This article explores the tension between the local and transnational communities through a discussion of the Bombay Parsis and their relationship with the Zoroastrian diaspora in the West. It demonstrates how developments in both locations mutually interact and shape changes in perceptions and attitudes. Current formulations of 'community' stress its harmony and unity. The Parsi Zoroastrian case, in contrast, suggests that internal dissent is a …
Leela Dube, 1923-2012
New Wine in Old Bottles? Family and Kinship Studies in the Bombay School
No full circle: Revisiting my journey in feminist anthropology
This article is a reflection on my career as a feminist anthropologist. It suggests that it was feminism that allowed sociology to be reflexively reversed in using the life of an individual to understand the bigger system. It moves on to discuss my own engagement with feminist anthropology: my growth as a scholar in the field over nearly four decades which also mirrors some aspects of the development of the subject and the Indian scholarship arou…
Complicating ‘Victimhood’ In Diaspora Studies: The Saga of Tamils In Exile
As an interdisciplinary field, Diaspora Studies has drawn from many disciplines, including sociology, especially from its debates on migration, structure and agency. This lecture draws on my ethnographic fieldwork on the Sri Lankan Tamils in Germany. It analyses their transition following the civil war in Sri Lanka, from being refugee immigrants to becoming a successful diaspora, well integrated economically, yet holding a powerful identity as Ta…
Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Law (2 works)