
In the Kacch
A Memoir of Love and Place
Kevin Mcgrath(Author)
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 6. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7864-9653-2 (ISBN)
Description
This personal narrative about life in a remote desert region of western India tells of how love of place and love of person find their equilibrium in a world far removed from modernity. Yet this small, distant land of kingship and pastoral life is rapidly being eroded by the new India of commerce and industrialization.
The author describes how an ancient society is transformed by the culture of consumption where the lyrical beauty of balance, exchange and loyalty is translated into a single market economy. The people and places of post-Partition Kacch, where even the land and value systems of a lately independent India now appear in a nostalgic light, are described in detail. This is a record of private emotion and physical terrain, of traditions and of profound social practice.
The author describes how an ancient society is transformed by the culture of consumption where the lyrical beauty of balance, exchange and loyalty is translated into a single market economy. The people and places of post-Partition Kacch, where even the land and value systems of a lately independent India now appear in a nostalgic light, are described in detail. This is a record of private emotion and physical terrain, of traditions and of profound social practice.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
387 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9653-2 (9780786496532)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kevin McGrath is an associate of the Department of South Asian Studies and poet in residence at Lowell House, Harvard University. McGrath lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deleteviii
Preface
Part
I. Dhrangadhra: On the Mainland
II. Mandvi: The Old Sea Coast
III. Bidhada: Our Home
Part
IV. Dhinodhar: Gifts of Friendship
V. Lakhpat: Modernizing a Tradition
VI. Mata-No-Madh: The Unspeakable
VII. Kacch: Art of Walking
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments deleteviii
Preface
Part
I. Dhrangadhra: On the Mainland
II. Mandvi: The Old Sea Coast
III. Bidhada: Our Home
Part
IV. Dhinodhar: Gifts of Friendship
V. Lakhpat: Modernizing a Tradition
VI. Mata-No-Madh: The Unspeakable
VII. Kacch: Art of Walking
Bibliography
Index