Changing tribal life : a socio-philosophical perspective / edited by Padmaja Sen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sen, Padmaja.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Scheduled tribes.

India.

Scheduled tribes in India.

India--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 141 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., 2003.

Summary:

Papers presented at a conference at Mahila College, Chaibasa on 21-22 March 2002.

Contents:

Conceptualization of the Hos of Singhbhum as a tribe / Asoka Kumar Sen

Constructing a tribe : a case study of the Oraons and the Tana Bhagats in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Sangeeta Das Gupta

A socio-philosophical change in tribal life / Mondal Hembrom

Eternal and ephemeral : the significance of myth and ritual among the Ho / Ritambhara Hebbar

Changing world views of the indigenous (Mulvasi-Adivasi) people of Jharkhand : a socio-philosophical perspective / Pashupati Prasad Mahato

Folk treatment system of tribal society in Eastern India / Adikanda Mahanta

Bengalee-Santal equation : dialectics of identity and assimilation

Socio-religion of the tribes of West Bengal / Tapashi Ghosh

Forest people, modern people : modernity and social change among the Ho and Munda people of Jharkhand / Barbara Verardo

Changing tribal life of Chotanagpur : Christianity as a catalyst / Chittaranjan Kumar Paty

How should we resolve value-laden practical problems in changing tribal societies? / Debashis Guha

Value, valuation and tribal society / Padmaja Sen

Development : conflicting ideologies / S.N.M. Topno

Approaches to tribal development : a sociological analysis / Sunil Kumar Singh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

8180690237

OCLC:

53831011