Author : Late Distinguished Anthropologist and Adviser to the Government of India on Tribal Affairs Verrier Elwin
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258521431
Author : Verrier Elwin
Publisher :
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9788121509152
This Book Contains Some Three Hundred And Eighty Stories Collected In The Remote Villages Largely Untouched By External Influence, Of The Hitherto Known North-East Frontier Agency Of India.
Author : William Radice
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 2016-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9386057093
Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects these timeless tales of India, and tells them anew through his unique idiom. Like itinerant storytellers, he fills these tales with emotion and wit, bringing them alive for the contemporary reader. In Volume 1, the first section begins with the creation myth of Prajapati, while the Mahabharata section starts with Sakuntala’s story, going up to the founding of Dvaraka by Krishna. In Volume 2, the first section begins with the Hindu myth about Brahma’s creation of bodies, while the Mahabharata section starts with the notorious dice-game and ends with the death of Abhimanyu. True to India’s diversity, the third section of both volumes comprises legends and folk tales from Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain, Christian and tribal sources. The volumes of Myths and Legends of India are a treasure to delight in and cherish.
Author : Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Bengal (India)
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Author : Tanka Bahadur Subba
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788125023357
This book has been written to cater to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Anthropology and Sociology. It takes stock of the work done in the Anthropology of North-East India, and deals in four sections with various aspects of this question. Section I focuses on prehistoric Anthropology, section II looks at the colonial context and its effect on policy and perceptions about the North-East. Section III, on Biological Anthropology and section IV on Social Anthropology.
Author : Patricia Monaghan, PhD
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1608682188
More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.
Author : Dipanwita Pal
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1527566838
Ecofeminism is an emerging field of literary study which seeks to explore the interconnections between feminism and ecology, green studies and market economy, and globalization and the politics of care. It also examines the idea of nature as a mother figure, and the world being begotten by the celestial intercourse between Nature, the Mother and God, the Father. This branch of study is taking center stage in the realm of gender studies, but it is yet to develop into a full school of thought, as new dimensions are constantly being attached to it. This volume seeks to take a multi-disciplinary approach to address the issues most pertinent to ecofeminism, and to do so from various perspectives, so that any sort of hegemonic categorization may be avoided.
Author : Col Ved Prakash
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : India, Northeastern
ISBN : 9788126907076
This 5-Volume, Encyclopaedic Study Of India S North-East Is The Result Of The Author S 11 Years Of Service Extended Over Three Tenures In The Region, Followed By 6 Years Of Library Research After His Retirement. Being The First Of Its Kind, Given Its Contents And Sheer Size, Over 2,500 Pages, It Is A Unique Book.Writing On The North-East Is Not An Easy Exercise, Given Its Diversity (Ethnic, Racial, Religious And Linguistic), Size, History And Geography. If India Is Microcosmic World, The North-East Is Microcosmic India. Of The 5,653 Communities In India, 653 Are Tribal Of Which The 213 Are Indigenous To The North-East. Of The 213, 111 Are Found In Arunachal Pradesh Alone. Illumined By An Equally Amazing Linguistic Diversity, It Is Home To 325 Of The 1,652 Languages Spoken In India. Yet Again, North-East S Total Population Of 3,84,95,089 (2001) Constitutes 2.69 Per Cent Of India S 1,02,70,15,247, While Its Area Of 2,55,088 Sq Km Is 7.75 Per Cent Of India S 32,87,263 Sq Km.
Author : Joy L. K. Pachuau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 30,6 MB
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1009215477
Entangled Lives is a case study in environmental history, multispecies history, more-than-human history, posthumanism, and environmental humanities. Its main objective is to foreground that history is co-created, but that its contours are locally specific.
Author : Patricia Monaghan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0313349908
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive guide to the vast array of feminine divine figures found throughout the world. Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical literature to early ethnographies to contemporary interpretations, the Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways goddess figures have been viewed through the ages. This unique encyclopedia of over thousands of figures of feminine divinity describes the myths and attributes of goddesses and female spiritual powers from around the world. The two-volume set is organized by culture and religion, exploring the role of women in each culture's religious life and introducing readers to the background of each pantheon, as well as the individual figures who peopled it. Alternative names for important divinities are offered, as are lists of minor goddesses and their attributes. Interest in women's spirituality has grown significantly over the last 30 years, both among those who remain in traditional religions and those who explore spirituality outside those confines. This work speaks to them all.
