02913nam 2200709 a 450 991045222080332120200520144314.00-8166-9235-1(CKB)1000000000346871(EBL)310527(OCoLC)614925376(SSID)ssj0000284463(PQKBManifestationID)11257213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284463(PQKBWorkID)10261200(PQKB)11517423(MiAaPQ)EBC310527(MdBmJHUP)muse39874(Au-PeEL)EBL310527(CaPaEBR)ebr10151273(CaONFJC)MIL522497(EXLCZ)99100000000034687120000718d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStates of exception[electronic resource] everyday life and postcolonial identity /Keya GangulyMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20011 online resource (228 p.)Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index.0-8166-3717-2 0-8166-3716-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index.Inroduction: Gunga Din and other anomalies -- Writing the field -- The antinomies of everyday life -- Personal memory and the contradictions of selfhood -- Food and the habitus -- The dialectics of ethnic spectatorship.A philosophical anthropology of everyday experience, this book is also a deeply informed and thought-provoking reflection on the work of cultural critique. States of Exception looks into a community of immigrants from India living in southern New Jersey-a group to whom the author, as a daughter of two of its members, enjoyed unprecedented access.East Indian AmericansEthnic identityEast Indian AmericansPsychologyEast Indian AmericansSocial life and customsIdentity (Philosophical concept)Memory (Philosophy)PostcolonialismSocial aspectsUnited StatesPostcolonialismUnited StatesPsychological aspectsUnited StatesEthnic relationsElectronic books.East Indian AmericansEthnic identity.East Indian AmericansPsychology.East Indian AmericansSocial life and customs.Identity (Philosophical concept)Memory (Philosophy)PostcolonialismSocial aspectsPostcolonialismPsychological aspects.305.891/4073Ganguly Keya859024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452220803321States of exception1917209UNINA