Priceless Enthusiasm: The Pursuit of Shauq in South Asia

Kirin Narayan; Muhammad A. Kavesh

doi:10.1080/00856401.2019.1619530

Priceless Enthusiasm: The Pursuit of Shauq in South Asia

Kirin Narayan^*
, Muhammad A. Kavesh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	711-725
Number of pages	15
Journal	South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2019.1619530
Publication status	Published - 2019

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