Temple Tracks: Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia
"The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastruct...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berghahn Books
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| Edición: | 1st |
| Colección: | Asian Anthropologies
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762663706719 |
| Sumario: | "The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure and transnational mobilities with religion. In Malaysia and Singapore, evidence of religion-making and railway-building from a colonial past is visible in multiple modes and media as memories, recollections and 'traces'"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781805390176 |
