An Indian village through letters and pictures
By: Detlef Kantowsky ; English translation by Mara Luckmann.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Rāmeshwar (India) -- Description and travel.; Rāmeshwar (India) -- Social life and customs.
Description: Detlef Kantowsky did his fieldwork in the village of Rameshwar near Varanasi in 1965-67. In this book he reassembles his data in the light of subsequent revisits to his field which led to a long process interaction stretching over twenty years. Numerous photographs, personal documents and letters give the account a rare quality of authenticity and enable us to feel the pulse of a typical North Indian village.

An Indian Village through Letters and Pictures is an example of reflective anthropology, in which the subjective dimensions of studying a society are consciously recognized. The book provides an intimate and vivid picture of Rameshwar village and its day-to-day activities and preoccupations, written without professional jargon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-186) and index.
Translation of: Bilder und Briefe aus einem indischen Dorf.