South Asia in Transition
An Introduction to the Social Anthropology of a Subcontinent
Abstract
South Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suitable for students at all levels and others interested in this topic. It assumes no prior knowledge of either the region or the discipline of anthropology. The book makes extensive use of existing publications to describe how anthropologists have approached the region and what they have said about it. The first group of chapters deals mostly with India and caste, class, tribes, religion, kinship and marriage, gender, the body and personhood, politics and political economy. A second group of chapters deals successively with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
Schlagworte
Anthropology Area Studies Asian Studies Indian religions Indian studies caste South Asia religion religious studies culture political studies politics and economy tribes world studies- i–vi Preface i–vi
- 1–6 Introduction 1–6
- 7–34 Chapter 1 Caste 7–34
- 249–264 Chapter 10 Sri Lanka 249–264
- 265–280 Chapter 11 Nepal 265–280
- 281–300 Bibliography 281–300
- 301–314 Index 301–314
- 315–316 About the Author 315–316