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Anthropological perspectives on India - AINDV1026

Title:	Anthropological perspectives on India
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Asian Studies (21-UAS)
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	winter
Points:	0
E-Credits:	6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited / unknown (24)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Mgr. Martin Hříbek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Martin Hříbek, Ph.D.
Class:	Exchange - 14.7 Anthropology

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Annotation - Czech

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Eclerová (28.07.2015)

The course introduces major general subjects of cultural anthropology with focus on Indian and occasionally other
South Asian context with contemporary issues in view. The course is open to all Faculty students as well as
ERASMUS students. Prior experience with either Indian studies or cultural/social anthropology is welcome but not
necessary for enrolment into the course.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: Mgr. Martin Hříbek, Ph.D. (07.10.2019)

The credits will be awarded on the basis of a written examination, a test with both multiple choice and open questions, based on suggested reading and issues discussed in class.

Literature - Czech

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Eclerová (28.07.2015)

Základní:
APPADURAI, A. Public Culture. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003, pp. 654-674.

CHAUHAN, B. R. Village Community. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003, pp. 409-457.

FULLER, C. J. Caste. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, Delhi 2003, pp. 477-501.

GUPTA, D. Social Stratification. Hierarchy, Difference, and Social Mobility. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2003, pp. 502-531.

GUPTA, N. The Indian City. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press New Delhi 2003, pp. 458-476.

KOTTAK, C. P. The Scope of Anthropology. In: Anthropology. The Exploration of Human Diversity. Sixth edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill 1996, pp. 1-20.

KOTTAK, C. P Culture. In: Anthropology. The Exploration of Human Diversity. Sixth edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill 1994, pp. 37-50.

KUMAR, N. Consumption and Lifestyle. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2003, pp. 675-694.

SINGH, U. N. Social Aspects of Language. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2003, pp. 695-768.

VIASARIA P. and L. India’s Population. Its Growth and Key Characteristics. In: Veena Das, ed., The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2003, pp. 184-218.

Doporučená:
INDEN R., NICHOLAS R. Kinship in Bengali Culture. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1977.

KOTALOVÁ, J. Belonging to Others. Cultural Construction of Womenhood in a Village in Bangladesh. University Press Limited, Dhaka 1996.

KUMAR, N. Friends, Brothers, and Informants: Fieldwork Memoirs of Banaras: University of California Press, Berkley 1992.

ÖSTÖR, F. and B. Concepts of Person. Kinship, Caste, and Marriage in India. Oxford University Press, New Delhi 1992 [1982].

SCHWARTZBERG, J. E., A Historical Atlas of South Asia. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1992.

Articles in Indian press dealing with the issues that are subject of the course.

Syllabus -

Last update: Mgr. Martin Hříbek, Ph.D. (18.12.2023)

* Tematické okruhy:
1. Introductory Class
2. Language and Society

Mandatory reding : Carmen Brandt: The Identity Politics of Language and Script in South Asia.pdf

3. Social Structure

Mandatory reding : Dipankar Gupta-Caste in Question_ Identity or Hierarchy (Contributions to Indian Sociology_ Occasional Studies, 12) (2004).pdf

4. Family and Kinship

Mandatory reding : Patricia Uberoi: Family.PDF

5. Caste

Mandatory reding : Chrispopher J. Fuller: Kasty.pdf

6. Gender
7. Villages and Urban Centres
8. Popular Culture
9. Art
10. Political System
11. Contemporary Issues I. - Violence: Domestic and Public
12. Contemporary Issues II. - Biotechnologies: Science, Business, and Society

The following links allow access to documentaries on South Asia on topics which relate local cultural milieus with upcoming technologies and global capitalism, namely trade in human hair, surrogate motherhood, drugs in prostitution, and organ trade.

Hair India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XOxXXTRDyA

Outsourcing Surrogacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9FPiNc6-dI

Sex workers take steroids - Bangladeshi sex workers 'plump up' for clients | Guardian Investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGKBMvtDY68

Human trafficking victims forced to sell their organs share harrowing stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUsd7Qs4NOk