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A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Isabell Clark-Dec S
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Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Clark-Deces, Isabelle. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1148.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
1147g
Number of Pages
566
Place of Publication
Chicester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405198929
SKU
V9781405198929
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Isabell Clark-Dec S
Isabelle Clark-Deces is Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Program in South Asian Studies at Princeton University. Her books include The Encounter Never Ends: Return to the Field of Tamil Rituals (2007).
Reviews for A Companion to the Anthropology of India
This volume provides a useful framework for and discussion of the complexity and range of recently published research on the anthropologies of the Indian subcontinent in the era of globalization ... Summing up: Essential. All libraries supporting graduate and undergraduate programs in anthropology, sociology, and history. (Choice, 1July 2011)