Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Voicing Subjects by Laura Kunreuther Traces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. This book explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the countrys recent political and economic upheavals. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Voicing Subjects traces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. It explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the countrys recent political and economic upheavals: a political voice associated with civic empowerment and collective agency, and an intimate voice associated with emotional proximity and authentic feeling. Both are produced and circulated through the media, especially through interactive technologies. The author argues that these two formations of voice are mutually constitutive and aligned with modern ideologies of democracy and neoliberal economic projects. This ethnography is set during an extraordinary period in Nepals history that has seen a relatively peaceful 1990 revolution that re-established democracy, a Maoist civil war, and the massacre of the royal family. These dramatic changes have been accompanied by the proliferation of intimate and political discourse in the expanding public sphere, making the figure of voice ever more critical to an understanding of emerging subjectivity, structural change and cultural mediation. Flap "Kunreuther has produced a confident and compelling manuscript that will be of interest to scholars and students not only of South Asia but of the politics of publicness more generally. Her attention to voice is refreshing and challenges the way scholars think of media."--William Mazzarella, author of Censorium: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity "Laura Kunreuthers Voicing Subjects uses the new prevalence of voice-related metaphors, discourses, and technologies as a means of exploring shifting forms of subjectivity during a tumultuous period of social and political change in Nepal. Through careful ethnography, she creatively documents a range of distinctly Nepali experiences of selfhood and agency and how these meld and clash with "liberal" forms of subjectivity embedded in democratic politics and commercial mass media technologies. Voicing Subjects is an original and important contribution to the anthropology of subjectivity."--Mark Liechty, author of Suitably Modern: Making Middle-Class Culture in a New Consumer Society "Laura Kunreuthers book will make readers rethink their assumptions about voice because it brings together the political and intimate realms in new and revealing ways. This ethnography of urban Nepalis emergent subjectivities focuses on the role of radio in creating an affective public. It also demonstrates how an anthropology of the voice -- and of seeing, hearing, and speaking -- can shed light on the interwoven nature of intimacy, political movements, gender, technology, and social change."--Laura Ahearn, author of Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal Author Biography Laura Kunreuther is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bard College. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Authors Note on Transliteration and Pseudonyms Introduction: Public Intimacy and Voicing Subjects in Kathmandu 1. Intimate Callings and Voices of Reform: Law, Property, and Familial Love 2. Seeing Face and Hearing Voice: Tactile Vision and Signs of Presence 3. Making Waves: The Social and Political Context of FM Radio 4. Mero Katha, Mero Git: Affective Publics, Public Intimacy, and Voiced Writing 5. Diasporic Voices: Sounds of the Diaspora in Kathmandu Epilogue: Royal Victims, Voicing Subjects Notes References Index Details ISBN0520270703 Author Laura Kunreuther Short Title VOICING SUBJECTS Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520270703 ISBN-13 9780520270701 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Public Intimacy and Mediation in Kathmandu Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Pages 328 Publication Date 2014-03-26 UK Release Date 2014-03-26 AU Release Date 2014-03-26 NZ Release Date 2014-03-26 US Release Date 2014-03-26 Series South Asia Across the Disciplines DEWEY 306.095496 Illustrations 15 b-w photographs Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161740945;
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ISBN-13: 9780520270701
Book Title: Voicing Subjects
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Voicing Subjects: Public Intimacy and Mediation in Kathmandu
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Anthropology
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 454 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Laura Kunreuther
Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
