Ebook: A Companion to the Anthropology of India

Cover; Contents; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Caste and Class in Liberal India; Chapter 1: Demography for Anthropologists: Populations, Castes, and Classes; Chapter 2: Caste, Class, and Untouchability; Chapter 3: Great Expectations: Youth in Contemporary India; Chapter 4: The Modern Transformation of an Old Elite: The Case of the Tamil Brahmans; Chapter 5: Caste and Collective Memory in South India; Part II Cities, Cosmopolitan Styles, and Urban Critics.;A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India's globalization in the twenty-first century. Provides readers with an important new introduction to the anthropology of IndiaExplores the larger global issues that have transformed India since the end of colonization, including demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, and religious issuesContributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics such as population and life expectancy, civ.