Documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists goals have been accomplished In Queer Activism in India Naisargi Dave examines the formation of lesbian communities in India from the... Lees meer.

This book presents an ethnography of dispute processing by non-state forums and actors in rural India. As such it sheds light on a much neglected and contested topic. Arising in the context of recent legal and political debates that question the legitimacy of non-state... Lees meer.

Investigating the communicative practices of indigenous Santali speakers in eastern India Nishaant Choksi examines the overlooked role of script in regional movements for autonomy to provide one of the first comprehensive theoretical and ethnographical accounts of gra... Lees meer.

The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with... Lees meer.

This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensive study of the Nicobarese people in one of the remotest human settlements of the Indian Ocean. This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensiv... Lees meer.

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This book explores food in India and its evolution from prehistoric times to contemporary food trends while highlighting the intersections between culture rituals environment and the economy with food ingredients and eating practices. It looks at the history of foo... Lees meer.

This book examines how micro contextual issues inspire collective social action forms against everyday situations of crises and crimes through an inter-disciplinary ethnographic and comparative research conducted among Bishnois and Indian South Africans. Exploring the... Lees meer.

This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensive study of the Nicobarese people in one of the remotest human settlements of the Indian Ocean. This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensiv... Lees meer.

This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanj v r district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 1951 3. Differing from the usual village study Gough s work traces the history of the villages over the past... Lees meer.

In Medical Tourism Inequity in India Kristen Smith explores the role of private hospitals in India in the global healthcare service supply chain. Smith examines the medical tourism industry the commodification of the Indian healthcare system and the local populatio... Lees meer.

How do India s untouchables and tribals fit into the global economy. Why has India s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy. Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent this book shows ho... Lees meer.

This book explores food in India and its evolution from pre-historic times to contemporary food trends while highlighting the intersections between culture rituals environment and the economy with food ingredients and eating practices.... Lees meer.

Contradictions in an Indian university s caste institutional and regional structures have impelled scholars as political agents to conflict for over forty years. This work demonstrates the value of a subject oriented dialectical political anthropology for analyzing pol... Lees meer.

Indian Anthropology. Anthropological Discourse in Bombay 1886 1936 is an important contribution to the history of Indian anthropology focusing on its formative period. It looks at the political economy of knowledge production and the anthropological discourse in Bomba... Lees meer.