Priceless Enthusiasm

The Pursuit of Shauq in South Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID11016113
AuthorsK Narayan (0000-0003-1237-3149, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, corresponding author), Muhammad Amjad Kavesh (0000-0001-5015-3513, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume42
Issue4
Pages711-725
Publication date2019-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0085-6401 • E-ISSN: 1479-0270
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00856401.2019.1619530
OpenAlexW2953962052
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

The concept of shauq or shauk connotes a passionate interest, galvanising individuals across South Asia to devote time, energy and resources beyond their expected social roles and towards particular chosen activities. This essay explores explications of shauq encountered in the course of field research on men’s pigeon flying in Pakistan and village women’s singing in India, situating insights from the field amid available scholarly literature on shauq. Shauq can make fieldwork the arena for a spirited transmission of knowledge. We explore how people express the well-being emerging from shauq, the sociality of shared interest, and why shauq can be dangerous

Enthusiasm · Ethnology · Field (mathematics · Management · Political science · Singing · Social science · Sociality · Sociology · South asia · Asian Studies and History · Ecology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · South Asian Cinema and Culture

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