Books in the Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series series

This book considers the popular cinema of North India (Bollywood) and how it recasts literary classics. It addresses the socio-political implications of popular reinterpretations of elite culture, exploring gender issues and the perceived sexism of popular films and how that plays out when literature is reworked into film.

A comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social Development to date. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it sheds light on the paradoxes of the Indian state and critiques its model of economic development.

Assesses the impact of liberalization on practices of government and relations between state and society. Focusing on what specifically has changed about the state after liberalization in India, this volume deals with comparative questions about the process of neoliberal restructuring across the world.

Drawing on Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment, this book examines how the environment is conceptualized among different social groups in the region. It introduces the thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya.

Covering the years spanning cinema's emergence as a popular form in Bengal in the first half of the twentieth century, this book examines the main genres and trends produced by this cinema, and leads up to Bengali cinema's last phase of transition in the 1980s.

Explores various aspects of India's energy security concerns. This book examines the role that trade, foreign and security policy play in enhancing India's energy security. It is suitable for academics and policy makers working in the field of Asian Studies, Energy Policy, International Relations and Security Studies.

The book deals with the dynamics and growth of a violent 21st century communist rebellion initiated by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), explaining the different causes, factors that contributed to its growth, strategies employed by the rebels and the state, and the consequences of the insurgency.

Uses the concept of transnational networks as a way to understand the South Asian diaspora. This book offers an insight into the South Asian diaspora. It is suitable for academics working in the fields of South Asian studies, diaspora and cultural studies, anthropology, transnationalism and globalization.

The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. This book provides an analytical starting point for exploring the complex interactions between international and domestic players during the war-peace-war period.

After 9/11, madrasas have been linked to international terrorism. This book discusses the educational system of madrasas in South Asia. It gives a contextual account of different facets of madrasa education from historical, anthropological, theological, political and religious studies perspectives.

Explains the complex nature of Pakistan-Japan relations. This book analyses the evolution and development of relations between the two countries by defining two key factors: economic interests and security concerns in the US-led global security system.