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The Handloom Industry of Begampur in Transition - Abhradip Banerjee

The Handloom Industry of Begampur in Transition

Technology, Disjuncture, and Development
Buch | Hardcover
218 Seiten
2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6058-7 (ISBN)
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This book explains the social embeddedness of handloom weaving technologies in Begampur region and shows how some of the prime sources of disjuncture and juxtapositions have been making an impact on the lives of handloom weavers of this region.
The Handloom Industry of Begampur in Transition: Technology, Disjuncture and Development provides an ethnographic description of the handloom industry of the Begampur region, which is situated in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While explaining the process of transformation within the handloom industry of Bengampur region, Abhradip Banerjee explains the uneasy relationship between technology, disjuncture, and development that has been making an impact upon the lives of this particular group of artisans for over two decades. The novelty of this book lies in the particular approach adopted by the author which allowed him to perceive and analyze the process of transition within the handloom weaving tradition of Begampur region from a more inclusive perspective, miles away from the pitfall of gross “technological determinism”. Viewing the handloom industry of Begampur as a form of “sociotechnical system” allowed him to gauge, analyze, and incorporate several important but neglected dimensions of this transformation, which otherwise mostly went missing in many historiographic or empirical accounts regarding the process of industrialization /deindustrialization and class formation in India.

Abhradip Banerjee is assistant professor of anthropology in the Higher Education Department, government of West Bengal.

List of Tables and Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Handlooms? Excavating the Trope

Handloom Industry and the Indian Economy

Perspectives on Indian Handlooms and the De-Industrialization Debate

Within a Maze: My Early Research and Involvement

Anthropology of Craft and Craftsmen: Concepts, Dimensions and Theoretical Perspectives

The Backdrop of the Present Research

The Handloom Industry of Begampur in Transition: Technology, Disjuncture and Development

Methodology

Structure of the Book

Chapter 1: The Setting: People, the Place, Economy, and Lives

History and Geographical Location of this Region

Geology and Climate

Flora and Fauna

Population and the Ethnic Composition

Education

Occupations

Infrastructure and Healthcare Facilities

Literary and Cultural Traditions

Chapter 2: Tracing the Historical and Cultural Landscape of the Handloom Industry in Begampur: From Past to the Present

Historical And Cultural Geography of Indian Handlooms

Handloom Industry of Bengal

Handloom Weaving Tradition in Begampur and its Evolution

Chapter 3: The Social and the Religious Life Handloom Weavers in Begampur Region

Ethnic Origin and Religious Cohabitation

Marriage

Family

Kinship

Life-Cycle Rituals

Religious Ceremonies and Festivals

Chapter 4: The Craft of Handloom Weaving: Technology, Processes, Work Coordination, Products and their Market

Loom and Other Implements

Knowledge and Skills in Different Stages of Cloth Production

Work Coordination and Division of Labour

Raw Materials, Products and their Market

Chapter 5: The Disjuncture and Juxtapositions of Cloth Production, Organization and Marketing

Individual Creative Identity vs. Community-Level Collective Production

Traditional Artisanal Craft vs. Technology-Driven Commercialized Mass-Production

The Informal vs. Formal Organizational Setup: The Issue of Dependence and Relative Independence

Empowerment vs. Exploitation: Types of Contracts and the Relations in Production

The Utility Products vs. Items with High Aesthetic Content

The Issue of Local vs. Global: Local Identity vs. the Process of Homogenization

Chapter 6: Handloom Weavers Cooperatives Societies in Begampur: A Failed Experiment?

A Brief History of Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative in India

Handloom Weavers Cooperative Societies in Begampur Region

Rise of Begampur Handloom Cluster Society

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 236 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Handarbeit / Textiles
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Technik
ISBN-10 1-6669-6058-6 / 1666960586
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-6058-7 / 9781666960587
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