Pseudokinship or fictitious kinship takes place when the social relationships simulate the ones arising through real kinship (consanguinity or affinity) but without any biological relationship. For example, in many societies, children who are breast-fed...
Topic: Paper 1: Religion and Magic, MagicoReligious Functionaries, Feuding among tribes (Political anthropology), law and justice in primitive society Paper 2: Socio-economic characteristics of Indian tribes, Social change among Indian tribes, Impact of Christianity on...
Topic: Paper 2: Pseudotribalism, Tribe-caste continuum, Sanskritization, De-sanskritization, Social change in India Pseudotribalism is a process in which the non tribals take up certain tribal features or pretend to be tribals in order to...
Topic: Paper 1: Magic religion and science; Totemism; Religion in India, Paper 2: Tribal depopulation, Tribal health problems, Nature- Man- Spirit complex, tribal Problems due to contact The Khairwar tribe in Madhya Pradesh...
Topic: Parochialisation; Diffusion; Impact of Hinduism on Tribal society; Assimilation of culture Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is depicted in famous performing arts like Bharatnatyam, Manipuri, Kathak, Kathakali, Odissi...
A culture area was defined as a geographical/cultural region whose population and groups share important common identifiable cultural traits, such as language, tools and material culture, kinship, social organization, and cultural history. History of...
Encephalisation and impact on our diet pattern: An anthropological perspective The evolutionary instinct of over feeding exposes human body to a consistently higher concentration of energy nutrients (like glucose) which leads to energy storage...
