Description"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term.
Clarinda Still is Researcg Associate at the University College London..
Ruud is Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Oslo.
Arild E.
Gallen.
Paul Rollier is Assistant Professor in South Asian Studies at the University of St.
David Picherit is Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
Nicolas Martin is Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich.
Ashraf Hoque is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University College London.
About the author Lucia Michelutti is Professor of Anthropology at the University College London.
Ethnographically tracing the particularities of the South Asian case, the authors theorize what they call "the art of bossing," providing nuanced ideas about crime, corruption, and the lure of the strongman across the world.
But the term also refers to the diffuse spheres of crime, business, and politics operating within a shadow world that is popularly referred to as the Rule of the mafia, or "Mafia Raj." Through intimate stories of the lives of powerful and aspiring Bosses in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, this book illustrates their personal struggles for sovereignty as they climb the ladder of success.
Like Italian mobsters, the South Asian "gangster politicians" are known for inflicting brutal violence while simultaneously upholding vigilante justice--inspiring fear and fantasy.
Description"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term
