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Title
Quality of life and well-being in an Indian ethnic community : the case of Badagas / Gareth Davey.
ISBN
9783319906621 (electronic book)
3319906623 (electronic book)
9783319906614
3319906615
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
HN684
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.0954
Summary
This book explores the quality of life of Badagas, an ethnic minority group in South India, as they navigate a society in flux, with specific reference to rural-to-urban migration and new media. At an empirical level, it reveals how Badagas understand themselves and the multifaceted changes in their culture and daily lives, exploring a pertinent concern at the forefront of debate about the future from a global perspective. The book draws attention to the fact that people are adopting flexible identities and lifestyles in an attempt to survive and thrive in a changing India and world, a new ‘Indian-ness’ shaped at the local level. It offers a timely update on previous research on Badagas, which dates to the 1990s, and also serves as an important case study on people’s experiences of the social and economic transformation of Indian society as they become accustomed to new ideas, products, and ways of life. As such, it is a must-read for all those interested in quality of life in India and developing societies.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 9, 2018).
Series
SpringerBriefs in well-being and quality of life research.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319906614
Intro; Contents; Introduction; Once upon a Time: The Beginnings; Migration and Identity; Localisation in the Nilgiri Hills; Badagas as One Big Family; Language, Religion, and Folk Medicine; Traditional Economy; Badagas as Colonial Subjects; Desire for Change; Concluding Summary and Chapter Outlines; References; Methodology; Fieldsites: Multi-sited Ethnography; Social Identity and Symbolic Interactionism; Quality of Life; Data; Concluding Summary; References; Badagas Going Digital; Past and Present; Pride of Being Badaga; Poverty and Social Inequality in the Nilgiri Hills
Fundraising and Social ActivismConcluding Summary; References; Migrants' Voices; Departing the Nilgiri Hills; The Promised Land: Living in Bangalore; Being Badaga; Becoming City Badaga; Concluding Summary; References; Conclusion; Being Badaga in India Today; Intersections of Quality of Life, Identity, and Migration; From Othering to Self-Othering; Parting Thoughts; References
