Unit information: Anthropology of India in 2008/09

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Unit name Anthropology of India
Unit code ANTH30006
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Barot
Open unit status Open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

Anthropology of Indian society focuses on the social organisation of the Indian caste system. The unit examines structural and cultural theories of caste as set in colonial and postcolonial India to explain the difference between tradition and modernity.

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