A01=Mattison Mines
achievement
all sectors of society
Author_Mattison Mines
Category=JBS
Category=JHM
Category=JMH
collective identities
controversial
engaging
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
historical description
individuality
individuality in south asia
non western societies
personal life stories
personal uniqueness
private and public expressions
south india
tamil nadu
theoretical analysis
viewed as western value
volition
Product details
- ISBN 9780520084797
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Dec 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Individuality is often viewed as an exclusively Western value. In non-Western societies, collective identities seem to eclipse those of individuals. These generalities, however, have overlooked the importance of personal uniqueness, volition, and achievement in these cultures. As an anthropologist in Tamil Nadu, South India, Mattison Mines found private and public expressions of self in all sectors of society. Based on his twenty-five years of field research, Public Faces, Private Voices weaves together personal life stories, historical description, and theoretical analysis to define individuality in South Asia and to distinguish it from its Western counterpart. This engaging and controversial book will be of great interest to scholars and students working in anthropology, psychology, sociology, South Asian history, urban studies, and political science.
Mattison Mines is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of the The Warrior Merchants: Textiles, Trade, and Territory in South India (1984).
