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Course Details |
Fees and Dates
| Offered By: |
School of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Anthropology |
| Offered in: |
ANTH6033 will not be offered in 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
The course will consider anthropological approaches to the analysis of religion and society in India. It will examine contemporary ethnographic studies of village and urban life giving particular attention to caste, gender and family relations. It will also examine the manner in which the religious ideology of the subaltern classes complements and contradicts that of the Brahmanic elite through a close examination of oral traditions and popular religious practices. Finally, students will be introduced to some to the contemporary debates about approaches to the analysis of Indian society and culture. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
By negotiation: 6,000 words |
| Workload: |
Two hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial per week |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Anthropology |
| Prescribed Texts: |
Textbook
*Fuller, C.J. The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India, Princeton, pb, 1992. |
| Preliminary Reading: |
*Das, V. Critical Event: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India, Oxford, pb, 1995. |
| Majors/Specialisations: |
Anthropology and Anthropology |
| Academic Contact: |
Dr Chris Gregory |
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