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The book explores certain contemporary issues pertaining to the interface between culture, identity and development among the Bhil an adivasi community of western India. The forces of globalization, coupled with out migration and the rise of civil society initiatives, have necessitated a search for new identity among the Bhil for a meaningful existence. The changing dimensions of traditional cultures are reinterpreted in the light of emerging cultural practices ...
The volume posits a critique to the prevalent dichotomy between the mainstream of Indian society and the tribal cultures. Here, an attempt has been made to explore why this dichotomy came into existence and what have been its consequences in the socio-politically reality of the nation. Drawing from both micro and macro studies the authors question the utility of traditional anthropological discourses on tribal societies. An endeavour to move beyond the ...