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Engelska, 20111 054 kr
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In a society ridden with caste prejudices, illiteracy and a narrow sectarian outlook, social legislation can be introduced only in stages, Century-old customs, traditions and beliefs, howsoever primitive they may look to the modern eye, cannot be overthrown overnight. To mould Indian society consisting of several religious, faiths, linguistic and ethnic groups and sub-cultures into one compact unit is a herculean task by any standard. One can reform society through welfare measures, persuasion or by legislation. The first two measures failed to make any appreciable impact; they have failed to touch the downtrodden millions who needed it most. Even the legislative measures could not root out many evils in our society. A pioneering study on Social Legislation in India: Its role in social welfare, was published in 1956. Much change has taken place since. The present comprehensive study in two volumes updates the earlier study. The first volume contains the factual statement of the various social legislations at present in the statute book. The emphasis is necessarily on legislation dealing with personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and the like. Volume two is the work of specialists, who have discussed at length the various enactments, dealing with specific problems. They have pointed out the extent to which laws have tried to bring about social change or the new possibilities that legislation can open up.
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Engelska, 2002757 kr
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Ethnography, the backbone of social anthropology, enjoys privileged position in social science research. But often it suffers from inadequate theoretical framework, and the current shift to post-modern writing on culture demands a treatment hitherto different from that of the classical kind. This book carefully considers the two requirements; it provides the ongoing theoretical debates on South Indian kinship and social organisation as also on ethnography which allows the reader to examine the facts against various theoretical perspectives. The ethnography here concerns with the life of Yanadi, a scheduled tribe inhabiting Sriharikota island, It must be pointed out that there is no dearth of ethnographic literature on South Indian tribes and castes but certainly there is scarcity of material on nomadic tribes. The medieval history reveals a number of roving tribes which eventually settled down and assumed caste status. But their social structural features and their transformations largely remain unknown. The attempts made here fill this gap to some extent. Further, as it deals with the kinship and social organization of a Dravidian tribe it is an addition to the existing classical anthropological literature on South Indian social organisation.