States of Exception: Everyday Life and Postcolonial Identity

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Explores the conflict between capitalism and tradition in an immigrant community.

A philosophical anthropology of everyday experience, this book is also a deeply informed and thought-provoking reflection on the work of cultural critique. States of Exception looks into a community of immigrants from India living in southern New Jersey--a group to whom the author, as a daughter of two of its members, enjoyed unprecedented...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816637172

ISBN13:9780816637171

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.64 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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