Robert Parkin

South Asia in Transition

An Introduction to the Social Anthropology of a Subcontinent

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Produktbeschreibung

South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This work is suitable for students and scholars at all levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9781793611802
• ISBN-10: 1793611807
• Artikelnr.: 62476849

Autorenporträt

Robert Parkin is emeritus fellow in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Anthropology and South Asia, Anthropology of South Asia
1. Caste: The South Asian Social Group
2. Caste and Class in Modern South Asia
3. The Tribe in South Asia: Like Caste or Unlike?
4. Religions in South Asia: Of Indian Soil and Imported
5. Kinship and Marriage in India: Traditional Practices and Modern Changes
6. Gender, the Body and Personhood: Patriarchy and Resistance
7. Politics in Modern India: Policy versus Faction
8. Political Economy of Modern India: From Formality to Precarity
9. Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Asian Islam
10. Sri Lanka: Buddhist Nationalism and Tamil Separatism
11. Nepal: From Hindu Kingdom to Republic
Bibliography
Index
About the Author