A Companion to the Anthropology of India

"This volume provides a useful framework for and discussion of the complexity and range of recently published research on the anthropologies of the Indian subcontinent in the era of globalization . . . Summing up: Essential. All libraries supporting graduate and undergraduate programs in anthropology, sociology, and history." (Choice, 1July 2011)

"This marvelous exploration of the ‘new' India is also a triumphant vindication of the old anthropological virtues of closely attending to the particularity of other people's lives."
Jonathan Spencer, Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia, University of Edinburgh

 

"This collection cuts loose from earlier ethnographic and theoretical interests to focus on India seen through the theoretical lens of globalization."
Mattison Mines, University of California Santa Barbara

 

"This is an excellent, highly readable, sample of current work on the social anthropology of India, a "must" for anyone interested in developments in Indian society today."
Peter van der Veer, Director Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen

 

"This exciting volume showcases the work of an array of established and younger scholars who are thinking about the astonishing changes happening in contemporary India. This book will be an invaluable guide to the sociological and anthropological rethinking of Indian society and culture."
Akhil Gupta, UCLA