Friendship and the social life of merchants in South Asia: the articulation of homosocial intimacies in Banarasidas' Ardhakathanaka.

This article explores the emotion of friendship among merchant communities in early modern South Asia. Based on the autobiography of a Jain merchant, Banarasidas, it argues that friendship as an emotion was invoked in multiple social contexts, sometimes to reinforce normative boundaries, and other t...

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Publicado en:South Asian History & Culture Vol. 12; no. 2/3; pp. 166 - 182
Autor principal: Tandon, Shivangini
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr-Jul2021
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