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Maya Unnithan-Kumar - Identity, Gender and Poverty - 9781571819185 - V9781571819185
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Identity, Gender and Poverty

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Description for Identity, Gender and Poverty Hardback. Most studies of the so-called tribal communities in India stress their social, economic, and political differences from communities that are organized on the basis of caste. It was this apparent contrast between tribal and caste lifestyle and, moreover, the paucity of material on tribal groups, that motivated the author to undertake this study.. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map, 16 tables, 4 figs, 2 appendices. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.

Most studies of the so-called tribal communities in India stress their social, economic, and political differences from communities that are organized on the basis of caste. It was this apparent contrast between tribal and caste lifestyle and, moreover, the paucity of material on tribal groups, that motivated the author to undertake this study of a poor "tribal" community, the Girasia, in northwestern India.

While carrying out her fieldwork, the author soon became aware that the traditional tribe-caste categories needed to be revised; in fact, she found them more often than not to be constructs by outsiders, mostly academic. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571819185
SKU
V9781571819185
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Ref
99-15

About Maya Unnithan-Kumar
Maya Unnithan-Kumar is Lecturer in Social Anthropology, School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex.

Reviews for Identity, Gender and Poverty
"... welcome and timely ... contains very valuable ethnographic data on a wide range of topics."  · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "... delightfully easy to read and can serve well as an introduction to the Indian scene."  · FOLK "... an extremely competent piece of ethnographic writing ... exceptionally well-written and organised."  · Pat Caplan, Goldsmiths College

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