Deepak Kumar Behera
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Documentation of various facets of tribal social reality is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies, we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. This ongoing series, Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies, tries to fill in this gap and ...
Documentation of various facets of tribal social life is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. The series Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts to ...
Documentation of various facets of tribal social life is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. The series contemporary society: tribal studies tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts to ...
While examining the current literature on tribal India we notice an amazing absence of anthropological studies based on long term fieldwork in a large and important section of the Indian population. The series--contemporary society: Tribal Studies tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts to overcome our ignorance on many aspects of tribal society. Presented under two volumes the contributions are from sixty-four anthropologists and sociologists from Asia, ...
"The volume emphasizes that we should begin to rethink our approaches to children and the issues relating to them in various contexts in our contemporary societies. This rethinking, a gesture of cognitive and political correctness, is consequent upon our understanding on childhood issues. The flaws, as will be apparent from the articles in the volume, consist mostly in the fact that the construction of childhood and its related issues as social categories of ...
Studies on gender have not only enriched our understanding of human behaviour but also opened up our mind to a long neglected dimension of social analysis. In spite of the large number of writings on gender, it continues to remain a fascinating field for new explorations and new types of analysis. The vol. 1 is divided into seven sections and includes 25 papers, some of which are of a general nature and others have a specific urban orientation. The vol. 2 ...
Documentation of various facets of tribal social reality is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. The series Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts ...
In recent time, a number of formal networks of child research have been established. One of such recently formed networks is the IUAES Commission ob Children, Youth and Childhood. Majority of the contributors to this volume are members of this newly established network. One of the initial and most important aims of this networks is to encourage research about children in which children are themselves active participants as opposed to being just objects of study ...
Documentation of various facets of tribal social reality is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. The series Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts ...