Contesting Power: Resistance and Everyday Social Relations in South Asia

by Douglas E. Haynes and Gyan Prakash

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Historians, sociologists and political scientists have long been interested in riots, rebellions and revolutions. More recently, however, they have focused attention upon quieter, less dramatic confrontations between oppressors and the oppressed. They have pointed out that resistance can occur in "everday" forms. The specific shapes of everyday resistance are both determined by, and an aspect of, various socio-economic and cultural practices. The present volume explores and analyzes instances of everyday resistance in South Asian history and society. The eight essays cover groups from peasants to urban labourers, and from women to merchants. Several of the essays use unconventional sources and methods to supplement archival research while depicting the processes of the sorts of non-confrontational behaviour which contest existing structures of power. Seen as a whole, the volume suggests that the notion of resistance can be rethought and extended to take in and understand large areas of social activity.
  • ISBN10 0195627954
  • ISBN13 9780195627954
  • Publish Date 12 March 1992
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 December 1995
  • Publish Country IN
  • Imprint OUP India
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English