The World of the Banaras Weaver

This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. The second edition looks at the subsequent developments in the weaving industry over 10 years. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of social anthropology, gender studies, development studies, sociology and South Asian studies.

Vasanthi Raman was formerly a Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi, and was a Member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India. She has also been Visiting Professor at the University of Joensuu, Finland, and Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. She has published extensively in books and journals on issues of social transformation - problems of marginalised groups, tea-garden workers and semi-tribal groups in northeast India; childhood studies and women's studies. Her recent research work has been on communalism and the construction of gender and Hindu-Muslim relations. Currently she is Vice-Chairperson of the Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi.