Timothy J Scrase
Biographic Data
| ID | 737418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy J Scrase |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Scrase |
| SIGNATURE | SCRASE T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Globalised dreams, local constraints: Migration and youth aspirations in an Indian regional town
Youth in India’s regional towns face a paradox: they are exposed to discourses of neoliberal globalisation through education and media, yet are unable to seize the benefits of globalisation, due to regional isolation. In this paper, we explore how aspirations of youth in India’s regional towns are influenced by their geographic marginalisation. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling, a regional town in West Benga…
Beach Boys Do It Too: Subculture and Commoditised Desire in a Transnational Tourist Site in Kerala, South India
This article is based on an ethnographic study of a group of Scheduled Caste (SC) male youth in a globalised tourist site in Kerala, South India, who participate in situational sexual and romantic relationships with predominantly tourist women from the global north. We first aim to expand on the “sex and romance tourism” literature of such encounters to provide an Indian context. Secondly, we aim to highlight how young men involved in such encoun…
Young Men, Education and Ethnicity in Contemporary Darjeeling
Utilising qualitative research methods and drawing upon theories of social reproduction, this article examines how ethnicity intersects with students’ experiences of education in Darjeeling. The research explores how young men’s aspirations articulate their ethnic identity and their associated political demands. It shows how ethnicities are fostered within friendship groups on college campuses and also discusses young men’s criticisms of the Gork…
Mario Rutten (1958–2015)
Darjeeling Re-Made: The Cultural Politics of Charm and Heritage
Darjeeling today faces problems of congestion, pollution and loss of landscape aesthetics. Increased mobility and in-migration has created urban sprawl. Much of Darjeeling's architectural heritage has disappeared and many new constructions have come up to cater to the growing population, particularly the rising number of rural migrants who have been compelled to leave their homes due to diminishing rural employment. Based on ethnographic research…
Beyond the Metropolis—Regional Globalisation and Town Development in India: An Introduction
Despite the rapid transformation of India over the past 25 years and a swathe of publications dealing with the impact of globalisation on the culture and economy of the subcontinent, and on its large metropolitan cities, we contend that relatively far less is known about the regional impacts of globalisation and the localised impacts of neo-liberal development policies.Significantly, we seek to understand and analyse how globalisation is transfor…
Hegemony, Language, and Popular Wisdom in the Asia-Pacifi c
Precarious production: Globalisation and artisan labour in the Third World
This article provides an overview of recent literature and studies of Third World artisans in the context of economic globalisation. Drawing upon recently published research conducted in various countries in Central America, Asia and Africa, it demonstrates that globalisation has intensified the precarious existence of artisan communities through increasing global competition, the mass production of craft goods, and shifting trends in fashion, cu…
Television, The Middle Classes and the Transformation of Cultural Identities in West Bengal, India
This article analyses whether an increasingly globalized television culture has led to a transformation of middle-class Bengali cultural identities. The analysis is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out with middle-class households in West Bengal, India during 1998–2000. A number of specific themes are explored. These include: television and rampant consumerism; the impact of ‘Bollywood’ film cultures; television and the portrayal of women;…
Globalisation and the Cultural Politics of Educational Change: The Controversy over Teaching of English in West Bengal
Who wins? Who loses? And who even knows? Responses to economic liberalisation and cultural globalisation in India
Image Ideology and Inequality: Cultural Domination, Hegemony and Schooling in India
1. Introduction 2. Social Class? Cultural Formation and Educational Inequality 3. Reproduction Theory, Schooling and Textbooks 4. Textbooks, Labour and Class Formation 5. Textbooks and the Reproduction of Social Inequality 6. Class and Cultural Bias in Textbook Themes Conclusion
Precarious production: Globalisation and artisan labour in the Third World
This article provides an overview of recent literature and studies of Third World artisans in the context of economic globalisation. Drawing upon recently published research conducted in various countries in Central America, Asia and Africa, it demonstrates that globalisation has intensified the precarious existence of artisan communities through increasing global competition, the mass production of craft goods, and shifting trends in fashion, cu…
Globalised dreams, local constraints: Migration and youth aspirations in an Indian regional town
Youth in India’s regional towns face a paradox: they are exposed to discourses of neoliberal globalisation through education and media, yet are unable to seize the benefits of globalisation, due to regional isolation. In this paper, we explore how aspirations of youth in India’s regional towns are influenced by their geographic marginalisation. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling, a regional town in West Benga…
Television, The Middle Classes and the Transformation of Cultural Identities in West Bengal, India
This article analyses whether an increasingly globalized television culture has led to a transformation of middle-class Bengali cultural identities. The analysis is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out with middle-class households in West Bengal, India during 1998–2000. A number of specific themes are explored. These include: television and rampant consumerism; the impact of ‘Bollywood’ film cultures; television and the portrayal of women;…
Beyond the Metropolis—Regional Globalisation and Town Development in India: An Introduction
Despite the rapid transformation of India over the past 25 years and a swathe of publications dealing with the impact of globalisation on the culture and economy of the subcontinent, and on its large metropolitan cities, we contend that relatively far less is known about the regional impacts of globalisation and the localised impacts of neo-liberal development policies.Significantly, we seek to understand and analyse how globalisation is transfor…
Globalisation and the Cultural Politics of Educational Change: The Controversy over Teaching of English in West Bengal
Who wins? Who loses? And who even knows? Responses to economic liberalisation and cultural globalisation in India
Beach Boys Do It Too: Subculture and Commoditised Desire in a Transnational Tourist Site in Kerala, South India
This article is based on an ethnographic study of a group of Scheduled Caste (SC) male youth in a globalised tourist site in Kerala, South India, who participate in situational sexual and romantic relationships with predominantly tourist women from the global north. We first aim to expand on the “sex and romance tourism” literature of such encounters to provide an Indian context. Secondly, we aim to highlight how young men involved in such encoun…
Young Men, Education and Ethnicity in Contemporary Darjeeling
Utilising qualitative research methods and drawing upon theories of social reproduction, this article examines how ethnicity intersects with students’ experiences of education in Darjeeling. The research explores how young men’s aspirations articulate their ethnic identity and their associated political demands. It shows how ethnicities are fostered within friendship groups on college campuses and also discusses young men’s criticisms of the Gork…
Darjeeling Re-Made: The Cultural Politics of Charm and Heritage
Darjeeling today faces problems of congestion, pollution and loss of landscape aesthetics. Increased mobility and in-migration has created urban sprawl. Much of Darjeeling's architectural heritage has disappeared and many new constructions have come up to cater to the growing population, particularly the rising number of rural migrants who have been compelled to leave their homes due to diminishing rural employment. Based on ethnographic research…
Image Ideology and Inequality: Cultural Domination, Hegemony and Schooling in India
1. Introduction 2. Social Class? Cultural Formation and Educational Inequality 3. Reproduction Theory, Schooling and Textbooks 4. Textbooks, Labour and Class Formation 5. Textbooks and the Reproduction of Social Inequality 6. Class and Cultural Bias in Textbook Themes Conclusion
Who wins? Who loses? And who even knows? Responses to economic liberalisation and cultural globalisation in India
Television, The Middle Classes and the Transformation of Cultural Identities in West Bengal, India
This article analyses whether an increasingly globalized television culture has led to a transformation of middle-class Bengali cultural identities. The analysis is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out with middle-class households in West Bengal, India during 1998–2000. A number of specific themes are explored. These include: television and rampant consumerism; the impact of ‘Bollywood’ film cultures; television and the portrayal of women;…
Globalisation and the Cultural Politics of Educational Change: The Controversy over Teaching of English in West Bengal
Precarious production: Globalisation and artisan labour in the Third World
This article provides an overview of recent literature and studies of Third World artisans in the context of economic globalisation. Drawing upon recently published research conducted in various countries in Central America, Asia and Africa, it demonstrates that globalisation has intensified the precarious existence of artisan communities through increasing global competition, the mass production of craft goods, and shifting trends in fashion, cu…
Hegemony, Language, and Popular Wisdom in the Asia-Pacifi c
Darjeeling Re-Made: The Cultural Politics of Charm and Heritage
Darjeeling today faces problems of congestion, pollution and loss of landscape aesthetics. Increased mobility and in-migration has created urban sprawl. Much of Darjeeling's architectural heritage has disappeared and many new constructions have come up to cater to the growing population, particularly the rising number of rural migrants who have been compelled to leave their homes due to diminishing rural employment. Based on ethnographic research…
Beyond the Metropolis—Regional Globalisation and Town Development in India: An Introduction
Despite the rapid transformation of India over the past 25 years and a swathe of publications dealing with the impact of globalisation on the culture and economy of the subcontinent, and on its large metropolitan cities, we contend that relatively far less is known about the regional impacts of globalisation and the localised impacts of neo-liberal development policies.Significantly, we seek to understand and analyse how globalisation is transfor…
Young Men, Education and Ethnicity in Contemporary Darjeeling
Utilising qualitative research methods and drawing upon theories of social reproduction, this article examines how ethnicity intersects with students’ experiences of education in Darjeeling. The research explores how young men’s aspirations articulate their ethnic identity and their associated political demands. It shows how ethnicities are fostered within friendship groups on college campuses and also discusses young men’s criticisms of the Gork…
Mario Rutten (1958–2015)
Globalised dreams, local constraints: Migration and youth aspirations in an Indian regional town
Youth in India’s regional towns face a paradox: they are exposed to discourses of neoliberal globalisation through education and media, yet are unable to seize the benefits of globalisation, due to regional isolation. In this paper, we explore how aspirations of youth in India’s regional towns are influenced by their geographic marginalisation. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling, a regional town in West Benga…
Beach Boys Do It Too: Subculture and Commoditised Desire in a Transnational Tourist Site in Kerala, South India
This article is based on an ethnographic study of a group of Scheduled Caste (SC) male youth in a globalised tourist site in Kerala, South India, who participate in situational sexual and romantic relationships with predominantly tourist women from the global north. We first aim to expand on the “sex and romance tourism” literature of such encounters to provide an Indian context. Secondly, we aim to highlight how young men involved in such encoun…
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