TY - JOUR
T1 - Priceless Enthusiasm
T2 - The Pursuit of Shauq in South Asia
AU - Narayan, Kirin
AU - Kavesh, Muhammad A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 South Asian Studies Association of Australia.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The concept of shauq or shauk connotes a passionate interest, galvanising individuals across South Asia to devote time, energy and resources beyond their expected social roles and towards particular chosen activities. This essay explores explications of shauq encountered in the course of field research on men’s pigeon flying in Pakistan and village women’s singing in India, situating insights from the field amid available scholarly literature on shauq. Shauq can make fieldwork the arena for a spirited transmission of knowledge. We explore how people express the well-being emerging from shauq, the sociality of shared interest, and why shauq can be dangerous.
AB - The concept of shauq or shauk connotes a passionate interest, galvanising individuals across South Asia to devote time, energy and resources beyond their expected social roles and towards particular chosen activities. This essay explores explications of shauq encountered in the course of field research on men’s pigeon flying in Pakistan and village women’s singing in India, situating insights from the field amid available scholarly literature on shauq. Shauq can make fieldwork the arena for a spirited transmission of knowledge. We explore how people express the well-being emerging from shauq, the sociality of shared interest, and why shauq can be dangerous.
KW - India
KW - Pakistan
KW - South Asia
KW - pigeon flying; shauq
KW - singing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068356400&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00856401.2019.1619530
DO - 10.1080/00856401.2019.1619530
M3 - Article
SN - 0085-6401
VL - 42
SP - 711
EP - 725
JO - South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
JF - South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
IS - 4
ER -