{"product_id":"tension-mental-distress-and-embodied-inequality-in-the-western-himalayas-paperback","title":"Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikita Kaur Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTension\u003c\/i\u003e, Nikita Kaur Simpson examines the effects of rapid development in the Himalayas on the minds and bodies of the Gaddi people who inhabit them through attention to the multifaceted state of distress they call \"tension.\" This \"tension\" takes many forms: \u003ci\u003eKamzori\u003c\/i\u003e, or weakness, in the bodies of elderly women; \"Future tension\" accumulating in the minds of young girls; or \u003ci\u003eOpara\u003c\/i\u003e, or black magic, afflicting whole families. Through her long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Simpson follows the ways in which Gaddi people tie this distress to broader structural changes, such as land dispossession and caste, class, tribal and gender inequality, which are growing alongside modernity and prosperity. In doing so, she shows how \"tension\" acts as an everyday diagnostic of the problems of cultural, economic and environmental change as they shape intimate life. At once a lived historical account, a cartography of care relations, and a multi-sensory exploration of the intimate experiences of atmosphere and body, \u003ci\u003eTension\u003c\/i\u003e puts forth a novel theory of distress, that inequality is often determined by who is made to feel, hold, and absorb distress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikita Kaur Simpson is Reader in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427900940390,"sku":"9781478033295","price":60.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/zzPkMuG0rq9781478033295.webp?v=1775688587","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/tension-mental-distress-and-embodied-inequality-in-the-western-himalayas-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}