Social Anthropology

Paper Code: 
SOC 502
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Course Outcomes: 

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

 
 

 

CO62: Describe the distribution and concentration of tribes in India.

CO63: Describe subsistence economy, different modes of family organization, kinship patterns, modes of exchange and political institutions.

CO64: Analyze the causes of deprivation and discrimination of tribal societies in India.

CO65:Formulate  strategies for welfare of tribal societies

CO66: Develop the understanding of law and custom of primitive societies.

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

9.00

Introduction to Social AnthropologyMeaning, 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
  • Culture: Meaning, Features and Components; Theories of Culture Growth.                      
  • The Tribal Family: Meaning and Forms; Theories of Origin of Family.

 

9.00
  • The Tribal Marriage: Forms and Ways of acquiring Mates.                                              
  • Religion and Magic amongst Tribes; Theories of Origin of Religion.

 

9.00
  • 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

                                             

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

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Evans-Pritchard.E.E., 1964, Social Anthropology, London: Cohen& West
  • Mair, Lucy, 1972, An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Majumdar and Madan, Introduction to Social Anthropology. New Delhi: Asia Publishing House
  • Hasnain, N., 1983, Tribesin India, New Delhi: Harnam Publications.

 

 

References: 

SUGGESTEDREADINGS:

  • Chandravanshi.R.2017, Tribal Traditional Tools. New Delhi: Himanshu Publications
  • Dube, S.C. 1977, Tribal Heritage of India, New Delhi, Vikas
  • Singh K.S., 1985, Tribal Society, New Delhi: Manohar Publications
  • Singh, K.S., 1984, Economics of the Tribes and their Transformation. New Delhi: Concept Publishing
  • Paul, Bohannan, 1963. Social Anthropology, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
  • Mair, Lucy, 1972, An Introduction to social Anthropology, Oxford University Press.
  • Pocock, David. 2000, Understanding Social Anthropology, Athlone Press, London
  • Malinowski B., 1949, Crime and Custom in Savage Society, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
  • Elwin V. 2009, The Philosophy of NEFA, Delhi: Isha Books
  • Elwin.V. The Aborginals, 1943, Bombay: Oxford University Press
  • Radcliffe Brown A.R., 1952. Function and Structure in Primitive Society, London: Cohen & West
  • Vidyarathi L.P.&Rai.B.K.., 1985, Tribal Culture in India, New Delhi: Concept Publication

 

e-RESOURCES:

 

JOURNALS:

  • Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis
  • Eastern Anthropologist, Serials Publications

 

Academic Session: 
2024-25
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