Composite Culture in a Multicultural Society

✍ Scribed by Chandra, Bipan; Mahajan, Sucheta

• Book ID: 109583935
• Publisher: Pearson Education India
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 219 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9788131706282

✦ Synopsis

Composite Culture in a Multicultural Society is an insightful volume, featuring contributions by luminaries from the fields of political theory and philosophy; ancient, medieval and modern history; sociology; anthropology and the creative arts. It brings to the fore the theoretical and practical ramifications of multiculturalism. Part I provides perspectives drawing on the multicultural experiences of the United States, Britain, Trinidad, Pakistan and Malaysia. In Part II, the focus is on the experience of composite culture in the ancient, medieval and modern periods of Indian history. Part III includes essays on the contemporary experience of multiculturalism in India, from both the sociological viewpoint as well as that of the creative arts and popular cinema. Comprehensive and topical, this volume will be valuable to scholars and students of the social sciences, international relations, cultural studies, and those interested in international migration and diasporic communities.