Timepass: Youth, Class, and the Politics of Waiting in India

by Craig Jeffrey

Book Overview

Social and economic changes around the globe have propelled increasing numbers of people into situations of chronic waiting, where promised access to political freedoms, social goods, or economic resources is delayed, often indefinitely. But there have been few efforts to reflect on the significance of "waiting" in the contemporary world. Timepass fills this gap by offering a captivating ethnography of the student politics and youth activism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804770743
• ISBN13: 9780804770743
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"