Social Anthropology

Paper Code: 
SOC-502
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

In recent years, there has been a grieving emphasis on the contextualization of Indian sociology. One of the ways of going about this task is to focus on those segments which have on the margins of society and which have not received, until recently, adequate scholarly attention. This course is designed to study the timbale society and sensitize the students to these problems poverty, deprivation and discrimination over a long period of time.

9.00
Unit I: 

Introduction to Social Anthropology: Meaning, Nature and Scope; Need to Study Tribal Societies: Aims and Utility. Demographic Profile of tribes: Distribution and Concentration of tribal people, Tribal Zones.

9.00
Unit II: 

Culture: Meaning, Features and Components; Theories of Culture Growth. The Tribal Family: Meaning and Forms; Theories of Origin of Family.

9.00
Unit III: 

The Tribal Marriage: Forms and Ways of acquiring Mates. Religion and Magic amongst Tribes; Theories of Origin of Religion.

9.00
Unit IV: 

The Tribal Economy: Meaning and Features; Stages of Economic Development; The Economic Mechanism; Economic life of Kharia and Kuki tribes. Custom and Law: Meaning and Features; Justice and Government in Primitive Societies.

9.00
Unit V: 

Problems of Tribal People; Tribal Welfare: Constitutional Safeguards and Reforms. Profile of Tribes of Rajasthan: Meena, Girasia and Bhil.

References: 

1. Dube, S.C. 1977, Tribal Heritage of India, New Delhi, Vikas

2. Hasnain, N., 1983, Tribes in India, Harnam Publications, New Delhi.

3. Singh. K.S., 1972, Tribal Situation in India, Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

4. Singh K.S., 1985, Tribal Society, Manohar, Delhi.

5. Singh, K.S., 1984, Economics of the Tribes and their Transformation (Concept Publishing, New Delhi)

6. Singh, K.S. 1995, The Scheduled Tribes, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

7. Paul, Bohannan, 1963. Social Anthropology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

8. Mair, Lucy, 1972, An Introduction to social Anthropology, Oxford University Press.

9. Majumdar and Madan, Introduction to Social Anthropology. Asia Publishing House, New Delhi.

10. Pocock, David. 2000. Understanding Social Anthropology, Athlone Press, London

  1. Elwin.V. The Aborginals, 1943, Bombay, Oxford University Press
  2. Radcliffe Brown A.R., 1952. Function and Structure in Primitive Society, London, Cohen & West
  3. Evans-Pritchard.E.E., 1964, Social Anthropology, London,Cohen & West
  4. Mead Margaret, 1932, The Changing Culture of Indian Tribe, New York
  5. Vidyarathi L.P. & Rai.B.K.., 1985, Tribal Culture in India, New Delhi, Concept Publication
Academic Session: 
2018-19
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