The Vagabond in the South Asian Imagination: Resilience, Agency and Representation

by Avishek Ray

Book Overview

This book discusses the epistemic foundation of the heuristic construct 'vagabond' and the convergence between the politics of itinerancy and that of dissent in the context of South Asia.

It describes the fraught relationship between 'native' itinerant practices and techniques of governmentality which have furnished different categorizations and taxonomies of mobility. The book demonstrates the historical seismic breaks - from the Orientalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032040319
• ISBN13: 9781032040318
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"