A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Autor: | Isabelle Clark-Dec?s |
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EAN: | 9781444390575 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 08.03.2011 |
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Schlagworte: | Hindu Indian Islam Southeast Asia anthropology caste culture ethnography globalization sociology |
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A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century.
- Provides readers with an important new introduction to the anthropology of India
- Explores the larger global issues that have transformed India since the end of colonization, including demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, and religious issues
- Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics such as population and life expectancy, civil society, social-moral relationships, caste and communalism, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, environment and health, tourism, public and religious cultures, politics and law
- Represents an authoritative guide for professional social and cultural anthropologists, and South Asian specialists, and an accessible reference work for students engaged in the analysis of India’s modern transformation