Ethnography Books


Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers

The mrdangam is an integral part of the Karnatik stage, its primary percussion instrument. Yet—startling as this is— the instrument as we know it …

Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka

Beyond nostalgic tea industry ads romanticizing colonial Ceylon and the impoverished conditions that beleaguer Tamil tea workers are the stories o…