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The volumes deal with issues pertaining to medicine, health and culture. An outcome of the first National Conference of the Society for Indian Medical Anthropology held in Mysore in 2007, the volume has papers by eminent medical anthropologists from India and abroad that take the illness and disease dimension of health and culture. They take up medical pluralism and health-seeking behaviour, ethno-medicine and traditional treatments, healthcare drives and the ...
M.N. Srinivas is like a colossus in social science research in India. Known for his empirical and analytical approaches in studying continuity and change in Indian society, Srinivas has developed a number of concepts. Some scholars have agreed with his concepts while some others have strong reservations and disagreement. But it is difficult to remain indifferent to what he has contributed. The book takes a fresh into Srinivas’ concepts and contributions to the ...