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Edited by Milonjyoti Borgohain, Dhritiman Sharma
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ABOUT THE BOOK Anthropology is the study of humankind on the basis of their past and present habitation. It examines the cultures of human society and how we all came to be where we are. To examine the emic and ethic prospective of a particular society anthropologist conducted field-work. It is an integral part of Anthropology. The study of Anthropology cannot be completed without field-work. In this book the editors try to bring out the ethical prospective of different communities of India. It gives a general description of different holistic prospective of Anthropology. The book further deals with the different aspects of Anthropological study within different societies such as Folklore, Syncretism, Changing aspects, Development, Cultural Ecology, Social Changing, Food habits, Demography, Political Settings, Ethno medicinal practices and Living tradition.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Anthropology is the study of humankind
on the basis of their past and present
habitation. It examines the cultures of
human society and how we all came to be
where we are. To examine the emic and
ethic prospective of a particular society
anthropologist conducted field-work. It
is an integral part of Anthropology. The
study of Anthropology cannot be
completed without field-work.
In this book the editors try to bring out the ethical prospective of different communities of India. It gives a general description of different holistic prospective of Anthropology. The book further deals with the different aspects of Anthropological study within different societies such as Folklore, Syncretism, Changing aspects, Development, Cultural Ecology, Social Changing, Food habits, Demography, Political Settings, Ethno medicinal practices and Living tradition.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Milonjyoti Borgohain is
presently working as
Assistant Professor in
Department of
Anthropology, Moridhal
College, Dhemaji, Assam.
He did his M.A. (2012) and M.Phil.
(2019) degrees in Physical Anthropology
from Dibrugarh University, Assam and
Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal
Pradesh respectively. He did two years
post graduate diploma in Disaster
Management under Dibrugarh
University, Assam in 2010. He has
published various research papers in
national and international journals. His
areas of interest are overweight, obesity
and its covariates, human growth and
development, indigenous health
practices, bio-social studies, migration.
He has completed one minor research
project under UGC.
Dhritiman Sharma is
presently an Assistant
Professor in the Department
of Anthropology, Rajiv
Gandhi University (a central
university), Itanagar,
Arunachal Pradesh. He
received his M.A. (2004) and Ph.D.
(2010) degrees in Archaeological
Anthropology from Gauhati University,
Assam respectively. He has published 3
books and more than 20 original research
papers in various reputed national and
international journals. His research
interest areas includes Beads, Megaliths,
Neolithic cultures, Ethno archaeology.
He also received his L.L.B. degree under
Gauhati University in 2007.
CONTENTS
Foreword ............................................................................................... 7
Preface ................................................................................................... 9
Acknowledgement ................................................................................ 13
List of Table ......................................................................................... 15
List of Figures ...................................................................................... 17
List of the Contributors ........................................................................ 19
1. Folklore and social science with special reference to Adi Beads .......... 21
Antoni Perme
2. Syncretism in Social Science with special reference to the Noctes of Arunachal ....................................................................... 27
Chandan Boruah
3. Changing aspects of fieldwork traditions in Anthropology .................. 33
Dhritiman Sharma
4. Tribal development and the Irulas ........................................................ 51
E Tamil Selvan
5. Exploring Cultural Ecology in North East India: A Study among the Tai-Khamti of Arunachal Pradesh ....................................... 61
Heerock Jyoti Baruah
6. Current Social Changing Scenario in Musahar Scheduled Caste of Bihar ...................................................................................... 75
Jokhan Sharma
7. An ethnography of food among the Khasis of Wahmaw-Lyngdiar locality of Mawsynram village, East Khasi
hills district, Meghalaya ....................................................................... 93
Leena Laskar
8. Socio-demographic determinants and their effects on Infant mortality among two tribal population groups of
Dhemaji districts, Assam, Northeast India ......................................... 105
Milonjyoti Borgohain
9. A study on unpropitious women entrepreneurship in japi making activity: a case study of Nalbari district, Assam ....................................................................... 117
Nibedita Choudhury
10. A Study of Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Khamti Tribe of Narayanpur Block, Lakhimpur District .......................................... 125
Nitusnata Saikia
11. The Kingdom of the Valiant and the Scrupulous: Details of the Political Settings of the Rajputs in
Delwara and Goagaon, Sirohi District, Rajasthan .............................. 135
Nyato Doji
12. Mother’s role in child socialization .................................................... 143
Promanita Bora
13. The Ethnomedicinal practices among the Mishings Tribe of Lakhimpur District, Assam ................................................... 153
Purabi Gogoi
14. Megalith as living tradition in Arunachal Pradesh.............................. 161
Shyamalee Gogoi
Index .................................................................................................. 167
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