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Village, Caste, Gender and Method: Essays in Indian Social Anthropology
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A collection of Srinivas's essays which have had a lasting influence on the discipline of sociology and social anthropology is presented in this article, where the author has brought a fresh outlook which reveals continuities amidst changes taking place in India today.Abstract:
This work is a collection of Srinivas's essays which have had a lasting influence on the discipline of sociology and social anthropology. To each of these the author has brought a fresh outlook which reveals continuities amidst changes taking place in India today.read more
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