Anthropological perspectives on Indian tribes
By: Subhadra Mitra Channa
Publisher: Orient Blackswan Private Limited
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789352879991
Subjects: Ethnology; Tribes; Identity politics; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviations; title: Preface; title: 1. Tribe: who, what and why?; title: 2. Social life of tribes: marriage, family, kinship and gender; title: 3. Livelihoods and environment; title: 4. Religion and world view; title: 5. Concepts of justice and legal mechanisms of tribal societies; title: 6. Tribes and the state; title: 7. The present and the future: globalisation, identity and the road ahead; title: Index.