The Oxford India companion to sociology and social anthropology/
edited by Veena Das
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003.
- 2 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Social Science and the Publics, Veena Das I. CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 1. Sociology and Social Anthropology, Andre Beteille 2. Modernization, Satish Deshpande 3. The Historiography of Indian Society, Richard Saumarez-Smith 4. Civil Society, JPS Uberoi II. THE ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 5. Ecology and the Environment, Rita Brara 6. India's Population: It's Growth and Key Characteristics, Pravin & Leela Visaria 7. Movements of Peoples: Nomads, Aparna Rao & M Casimir 8. Migration, Myron Weiner 9. Refugees in South Asia, N Nakatani 10. The Social and Cultural Framework of Health and Disease in India, Paul Greenough 11. Social and Cultural Geography, Jim Wescoat et al. III. SOCIAL MORPHOLOGY Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 12. Tribes in India, Virginius Xaxa 13. Village Community, BR Chauhan 14. The Indian City, Narayani Gupta 15. Caste, Chris Fuller 16. Social Stratification: Hierarchy and Difference, Dipankar Gupta 17. Social Conflict, Satish Saberwal & N Jayaram IV. THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 18. The Category of Folk 19. Performances, Hiedrun Bruckner 20. The Image in Indian Culture, Chris Pinney 21. Public Culture, Arjun Appadurai 22. Consumption and Lifestyle, Nita Kumar 23. Social Aspects of Language, UN Singh V. RELIGION Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 24. Religion of India: Plurality and Pluralism, TN Madan 25. Sects and Indian Religions, Lawrence Babb 26. Myth: Text and Con-text, Audrey Cantile 27. Religion in Everyday Life, M Tanaka 28. Christianity in the Context of Indian Society and Culture, Rowena Robinson 29. Secularism, Gurpreet Mahajan VI. EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 30. Childhood, Olga Niewenhuys 31. Old Age, Lawrence Cohen 32. Patterns of Literacy and Their Social Context, Jean Dreze 33. Schooling, Culture and Modernity, Sanjay Srivastava 34. Higher Education, Suma Chitnis VII. THE PERSONAL SPHERE AND ITS ARTICULATION Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 35. The Family in India, Beyond the Joint/Nuclear Controversy 36. Patterns of Marriage, Thomas Trautmann 37. Domestic Violence, Malvika Karlekar 38. The Person Beyond the Family, Margaret Trawick 39. The Cultural Construction of Emotion, Robert Desjerlais VIII. THE ECONOMY Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 40. Agrarian Structures and Their Transformations, Surnider Jodka 41. Labour and Trade Unions, Narayan Sheth 42. Labour, Technology and Industry, K Mamkoottam 43. The Informal Sector, Jan Breman 44. The Study of Entrepreneurship in India: In Need of a Comparative Perspective, Mario Rutten 45. Markets, Denis Vidal 46. Decentralization and the Poor, Pranab Bardham IX. THE POLITY Sectional Introduction, Veena Das 47. The Significance of Lower Courts in the Judicial Process, Robert Moog 48. The Nation-State: From Pre-Colonial Beginnings to Post-Colonial Constructions, Thomas Pantham 49. The Nature of Indian Democracy, Sudipta Kaviraj 50. Backward Castes/Classes as Legal and Political Entities, P Radhakrishnan 51. Local-level / Grass-roots Political Studies, Harold Gould 52. Social Movements, Martin Fuchs & A Linkenbach 53. Collective Violence, Jonathan Spencer