Temple Tracks Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia

Temple Tracks Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia

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The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure an...

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Main Author: Sinha, Vineeta (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 2023
Subjects:
Migration, immigration & emigration
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
Trains & railways: general interest
Social Science
Emigration & Immigration
Anthropology
Cultural & Social
Transportation
Railroads
History
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Summary:The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure and transnational mobilities with religion. In Malaysia and Singapore, evidence of religion-making and railway-building from a colonial past is visible in multiple modes and media as memories, recollections and 'traces'.
ISBN:9781805390169
Access:Open Access

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