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A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Contributor(s): Clark-Decès, Isabelle (Editor)
ISBN: 1405198923     ISBN-13: 9781405198929
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $60.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
Dewey: 301
LCCN: 2010044401
Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 7.1" W x 9.7" (2.51 lbs) 576 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
 
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Publisher Description:
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