Subhadra Mitra Channa
Biographic Data
| ID | 649133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Subhadra Mitra Channa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Subhadra Mitra |
| FAMILY NAME | Channa |
| SIGNATURE | CHANNA S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0576-8807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(Un)Gendered Experiences in the Virtual Space
Editor’s introduction
The review article and two book reviews published in this issue reflect upon three areas of critical engagement about the trials and tribulations faced in the world today. They also tell us about a...
Dhobis of Delhi
This is an ethnography using traditional anthropological fieldwork methods that record the journey of an untouchable washerman (dhobi) community over a span of more than forty years. The temporal span of this work is extended beyond the years of personal interaction with the help of historical and literary sources. This is one of the first and only detailed descriptions of the dhobi way of life, their economy and political life, their identity ba…
The Dhobis of Old Delhi
This chapter describes the community of Sheheri dhobis who were part of the city of Old Delhi at the time of its foundation in the seventeenth century. It also gives a history of the city as seen through the eyes of the dhobis, whose association with the urban landscape, their ghats for washing clothes, their katras, and their traditional relationship with the river Yamuna form the focus of this study. The history of Delhi from various sources, a…
Colonial Anthropology
Editor’s introduction
Books reflect the events, philosophies and primary concerns of their times. In Reviews the primary focus is on published books for this very reason, that publications are a source of data that need...
Editor’s introduction
This is our first editorial for this journal. We come from different parts of the world, India and Chile to be exact and as a consequence are deeply committed to the cause of diversity and inclusiv...
Religious Pluralism in India
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
The tense but enduring engagement between anthropology and gender and sexuality studies has had profound effects upon anthropological theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, this Handbook shows that anthropological work has taken inspiration from feminist and LGBTQI movements to create a transformative body of research. It provides an accessible, state-of-the-art overview of the anthropology of …
Sacred Landscapes, Capitalist Encroachments and the Wrath of the Gods
This chapter looks at how the disasters such as floods, or collapsed tunnels, earthquakes and landslides are looked upon as the retaliations of gods for ‘desecration of sacred nature’. The study is based on the life and nature of the people in the upper Himalayan region– in the hill states of Uttarakhand (the Garhwal region) and Himachal Pradesh. The massive exploitation of the Himalayan water and forest resources by corporate state projects such…
Sarat Chandra’s Women
The works of literary masters often encapsulate history and anthropology of their times. Of several doyens of colonial writers in Bengal, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya is well known for mirroring the position of women and also drawing some strong sketches of women reflecting social issues as well as inequality and injustice meted out to them at that period of Bengal’s history. His empathetic concern for women and his keen insight into their minds …
Gênero, Espaço Social e Identidade
O gênero é constituído por um padrão complexo de comportamento e inter-relações sociais, mas tem espaço para manipulação e interpretação individual. Os indivíduos não respondem às situações sociais de maneira uniforme. Por meio de seu próprio gerenciamento do ambiente social existente, cada pessoa pode prevalecer sobre a sociedade para conceder-lhe o 'espaço' que deseja. Esse 'espaço' não precisa levar indivíduos para fora da esfera da interação …
The Thirsty Village
Water is the most precious resource of humanity, yet life sustaining water is becoming scarce especially for the marginal sections of society as corporate greed and unscrupulous powers pollute and commodify this gift of nature. This article is the case study of a multi-caste, plural religious and multiethnic village in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Here, Hindustan Zinc mines have played a critical role in this region’s environment and destroyed the ground …
Hinduism and Jainism
Hinduism and Jainism are ancient religions founded in South Asia. While Jainism claims a definite origin and has “messiah” figures, Hinduism has evolved over the years as a way of life. Hinduism has consolidated some dimensions that are now accepted as doctrine, yet it remains a faith that supports a wide range of beliefs and practices. The Brahmanical version of Hinduism advocates a hierarchical society based upon concepts of purity and pollutio…
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Being Urban' in the Context of Global Urbanization
Western intellectual sources have dominated the social sciences to an extent that most definitions originate from a Eurocentric meaning system; words like urban, wild, nature, and culture being no exception. This paper interrogates and makes a critical assessment of what urban may mean in a non-western context, taking Delhi, the capital of India, as an example. It demonstrates that the meaning of a phrase, 'being urban', can only be understood in…
Borderland lives in northern South Asia by Gellner, David N
The Gaddi beyond pastoralism
Gender in South Asia
The Inner and Outer Selves
Using an ethnographic study of the Jad Bhotiya community of Uttarkashi, this book discusses universal concepts of nationalism, identity, and democracy, to name a few. It also talks about their constructions of gender; the political construction of self with respect to international and border relationships; and how factors such as trade, economy, and the policies of a democratic country have affected the community
The politics of belonging in the Himalayas. Local attachments and boundary dynamics by Pfaff-Czarnecka Joanna and Gerard Toffin
Anthropology in the city
Wild Sardinia
In and out of the West. Reconstructing anthropology by Godelier, Maurice
What Do People Live On? Living Wages in India
The question of what people are expected to live on raises many issues, foregrounding the rather metaphysical question of how people are viewed as people. To argue for the implementation of a really viable living wage one would have to argue against the dehumanization of bodies, of construction of personhoods that demean humans, and to visualize a change in worldview and perceptual categories. Living wage discussions on India must go beyond econo…
Gender and Social Space in a Haryana Village
Gender is constituted by a complex pattern of behavior and social inter-relationships, albeit with scope for individual manipulation and interpretation. Individuals respond in a variety of ways to various social situations. Through his or her management of the existing social environment, each person can induce society to give him the space desired. That space, however, need not take people outside of the sphere of social interaction. The author …
What Do People Live On? Living Wages in India
The question of what people are expected to live on raises many issues, foregrounding the rather metaphysical question of how people are viewed as people. To argue for the implementation of a really viable living wage one would have to argue against the dehumanization of bodies, of construction of personhoods that demean humans, and to visualize a change in worldview and perceptual categories. Living wage discussions on India must go beyond econo…
Humanisation of Classical Marxism
Gender and Social Space in a Haryana Village
Gender is constituted by a complex pattern of behavior and social inter-relationships, albeit with scope for individual manipulation and interpretation. Individuals respond in a variety of ways to various social situations. Through his or her management of the existing social environment, each person can induce society to give him the space desired. That space, however, need not take people outside of the sphere of social interaction. The author …
The Emergence Of An Ethnic Identity
The Nepali population around the Dehradan district of Uttar Pradesh is in the process of evolving a new ethinic Identity, namely “Gorkhali”. To establish themselves as adistrict political identity in the state. This paper explores the process of evoluation and the reinterpretation of the term ‘Gorkha” or Gorkhali’ from its invention by the British and its transformation to an ethinic concept by these people as well as explores the dynamics of pol…
Asian ritual systems. Syncretisms and ruptures edited by Stewart, Pamela J. and Andrew Strathern
What Do People Live On? Living Wages in India
The question of what people are expected to live on raises many issues, foregrounding the rather metaphysical question of how people are viewed as people. To argue for the implementation of a really viable living wage one would have to argue against the dehumanization of bodies, of construction of personhoods that demean humans, and to visualize a change in worldview and perceptual categories. Living wage discussions on India must go beyond econo…
Territories of difference
In and out of the West. Reconstructing anthropology by Godelier, Maurice
Wild Sardinia
Gender in South Asia
The Inner and Outer Selves
Using an ethnographic study of the Jad Bhotiya community of Uttarkashi, this book discusses universal concepts of nationalism, identity, and democracy, to name a few. It also talks about their constructions of gender; the political construction of self with respect to international and border relationships; and how factors such as trade, economy, and the policies of a democratic country have affected the community
The politics of belonging in the Himalayas. Local attachments and boundary dynamics by Pfaff-Czarnecka Joanna and Gerard Toffin
Anthropology in the city
Borderland lives in northern South Asia by Gellner, David N
The Gaddi beyond pastoralism
Être citadin » en Inde
Being Urban' in the Context of Global Urbanization
Western intellectual sources have dominated the social sciences to an extent that most definitions originate from a Eurocentric meaning system; words like urban, wild, nature, and culture being no exception. This paper interrogates and makes a critical assessment of what urban may mean in a non-western context, taking Delhi, the capital of India, as an example. It demonstrates that the meaning of a phrase, 'being urban', can only be understood in…
Hinduism and Jainism
Hinduism and Jainism are ancient religions founded in South Asia. While Jainism claims a definite origin and has “messiah” figures, Hinduism has evolved over the years as a way of life. Hinduism has consolidated some dimensions that are now accepted as doctrine, yet it remains a faith that supports a wide range of beliefs and practices. The Brahmanical version of Hinduism advocates a hierarchical society based upon concepts of purity and pollutio…
The Thirsty Village
Water is the most precious resource of humanity, yet life sustaining water is becoming scarce especially for the marginal sections of society as corporate greed and unscrupulous powers pollute and commodify this gift of nature. This article is the case study of a multi-caste, plural religious and multiethnic village in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Here, Hindustan Zinc mines have played a critical role in this region’s environment and destroyed the ground …
Sarat Chandra’s Women
The works of literary masters often encapsulate history and anthropology of their times. Of several doyens of colonial writers in Bengal, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya is well known for mirroring the position of women and also drawing some strong sketches of women reflecting social issues as well as inequality and injustice meted out to them at that period of Bengal’s history. His empathetic concern for women and his keen insight into their minds …
Gênero, Espaço Social e Identidade
O gênero é constituído por um padrão complexo de comportamento e inter-relações sociais, mas tem espaço para manipulação e interpretação individual. Os indivíduos não respondem às situações sociais de maneira uniforme. Por meio de seu próprio gerenciamento do ambiente social existente, cada pessoa pode prevalecer sobre a sociedade para conceder-lhe o 'espaço' que deseja. Esse 'espaço' não precisa levar indivíduos para fora da esfera da interação …
Editor’s introduction
Books reflect the events, philosophies and primary concerns of their times. In Reviews the primary focus is on published books for this very reason, that publications are a source of data that need...
Editor’s introduction
This is our first editorial for this journal. We come from different parts of the world, India and Chile to be exact and as a consequence are deeply committed to the cause of diversity and inclusiv...
Religious Pluralism in India
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
The tense but enduring engagement between anthropology and gender and sexuality studies has had profound effects upon anthropological theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, this Handbook shows that anthropological work has taken inspiration from feminist and LGBTQI movements to create a transformative body of research. It provides an accessible, state-of-the-art overview of the anthropology of …
Sacred Landscapes, Capitalist Encroachments and the Wrath of the Gods
This chapter looks at how the disasters such as floods, or collapsed tunnels, earthquakes and landslides are looked upon as the retaliations of gods for ‘desecration of sacred nature’. The study is based on the life and nature of the people in the upper Himalayan region– in the hill states of Uttarakhand (the Garhwal region) and Himachal Pradesh. The massive exploitation of the Himalayan water and forest resources by corporate state projects such…
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