Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent: Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India Book

Introduction Cultural Diversity, Discontent and Anthropology PART ONE: DISCIPLINARY ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES Indian Sociology and the Cultural Other Social Description and Social Change From Function to Critical Cultural Significance Dumontian Sociology and Since Challenges Facing South Asian Anthropology The Other's Double - The Anthropologist's Bracketed Self Notes on Cultural Representation and Privileged Discourse PART TWO: CONFLICTED SELF, OTHERS, VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE The Body, Sensoria and Self of the Powerless Remembering/'Re-Membering' Indian Untouchable Women Elusive Social Justice, Distant Human Rights Untouchable Women's Struggles and Dilemmas in Changing India The Cultural Politics of Violence and Human Rights Contending Indian Traditions, Narratives and the State Hindu Cultural Reasoning under Challenge Politicizing Traditions, Modern Commentaries and Social Mistrust