Contributions to Indian Sociology -- Table of Contents (May 1 1996, 30 [1])

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Harish Naraindas: Poisons, putrescence and the weather: A genealogy of the advent of Tropical Medicine
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 1-35. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Filippo Osella and Caroline Osella: Articulation of physical and social bodies in Kerala
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 37-68. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

N. Sudhakar Rao: Transformative rituals among Hindu women in the Telugu region
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 69-88. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Marguerite Roulet: Dowry and prestige in north India
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 89-107. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Klaus Hesse: No reciprocation? Wife-givers and wife-takers and the bartan of the samskara among the Khatris of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 109-140. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

: Book reviews and notices : Contents
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 141-142. [PDF]

Satish K. Jain: Book reviews and notices : JAMES S. COLEMAN and THOMAS J. FARARO, eds., Rational choice theory: Advocacy and critique (Key Issues in Sociological Theory, 7). Newbury Park: Sage, 1992. xxii + 232 pp. Figs., notes, refs. $39.95
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 143-144. [PDF]

Ananta Giri: Book reviews and notices : JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, ed., Emancipations-modern and postmodern. London: Sage, 1992. 319 pp. Notes, refs. £35/ £12.95
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 144-145. [PDF]

Martijn Van Beek: Book reviews and notices : SHERRY B. ORTNER, High religion: A cultural and political history of Sherpa Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1992 (reprint). xxiii + 245 pp. Maps, plates, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 120
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 145-146. [PDF]

Susan Visvanathan: Book reviews and notices : JACK GOODY, The culture of flowers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xvii + 462 pp. Plates, tables, notes, refs., index
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 146. [PDF]

T.N. Madan: Book reviews and notices : LAURIE L. PATTON, ed., Authority, anxiety and canon: Essays in vedic interpretation. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. viii + 334 pp. Plates, index
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 147. [PDF]

D. Dennis Hudson: Book reviews and notices : VELCHERU NARAYANA RAO, DAVID SHULMAN and SANJAY SUBRAMANYAM, Symbols of sub stance : Court and state in N $a$ yaka period, Tamil Nadu. Delhi: Oxford, 1992, xvi + 349 pp. Plates, notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 450
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 148-149. [PDF]

Rila Mukherjee: Book reviews and notices : J. POUCHEPADASS and H. STERN, eds., De la royauté à l' état: Dans le monde Indien (From kingship to state: The political in the anthropology and history of the Indian world). Paris: Edition de l' 'école des hautes' études en sciences socials, 1991. 310 pp. Maps, figs., tables, notes, refs
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 149-150. [PDF]

Bidyut Mohanty: Book reviews and notices : K.S. SINGH, People of India: An introduction. Vol. I. Calcutta: Anthropological Survey of India, 1992. 234 pp. Maps, appendices, bibliogr., Rs. 250
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 150-151. [PDF]

Shuddhabrata Sengupta: Book reviews and notices : VISHVAJIT PANDYA, Above the forest: A study of Andamanese ethnoanemology, cosmology and the power of ritual. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xxxi + 317 pp. Maps, figs., plates, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 295
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 152-153. [PDF]

K.K. Misra: Book reviews and notices : SITAKANT MAHAPATRA, Unending rythms: Oral poetry of the Indian tribes. New Delhi: Inter India Publications, 1992. x + 396 pp. Illustration, appendices, bibliogr., gloss., index. Rs. 350
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 153-154. [PDF]

Rahul Srivastava: Book reviews and notices : SUDARSHAN KAPUR, Raising up a prophet: The African-American encounter with Gandhi. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. Notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 150
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 154-155. [PDF]

Avijit Pathak: Book reviews and notices : DAWA NORBU, Culture and the politics of Third World nationalism. London: Routledge, 1992. xvii + 258 pp. Figs., tables, notes, refs., index; and ASHIS NANDY, The illegitimacy of nationalism: Rabindranath Tagore and the politics of self. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xii + 94 pp. Notes, index. Rs. 125
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 155-156. [PDF]

Neelanjana Mukhia: Book reviews and notices : SARAH F.D. ANSARI, Sufi saints and state power: The pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. South Asian Studies-50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xix + 176 pp. Maps, plates, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index. £30.00/$54.95 (hardback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 156-157. [PDF]

Nirmal Singh: Book reviews and notices : HARJOT OBEROI, The construction of religious boundaries: Culture, identity and diversity in the Sikh tradition. Delhi: Oxford, 1994. xxii + 494 pp. Maps, tables, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 475
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 157-158. [PDF]

Satish Saberwal: Book reviews and notices : MARK JUERGENSMEYER, Religious nationalism confronts the secular state. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xiv + 292 pp. Notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 300
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 158-159. [PDF]

Gopi Devdutt Tripathy: Book reviews and notices : BARBARA DALY METCALF, trans., Perfecting women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti zewar: A partial translation with commentary. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. Notes, gloss., index. Rs. 350
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 159-160. [PDF]

Seema Alavi: Book reviews and notices : ZOYA HASAN, ed., Forging identities: Gender, communities and the state. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1994. xxiv + 264 pp. Notes, index. Rs. 250
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 160-161. [PDF]

Seemanthini Niranjana: Book reviews and notices : KATHLEEN M. ERNDL, Victory to the mother: The Hindu goddess of northwest India in myth, ritual and symbol. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. ix + 208 pp. Map, plates, notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 295
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 161-162. [PDF]

Pratiksha Baxi: Book reviews and notices : VASUDHA DHAGAMWAR, Law, power and justice: The protection of personal rights in the Indian Penal Code (rev. ed.). New Delhi: Sage, 1992. 392 pp. Tables, notes, appendices. Rs. 150; and Towards the Uniform Civil Code. Bombay: M.N. Tripathi, 1989, 166 pp. Rs. 100
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 163. [PDF]

Deepti Priya: Book reviews and notices : AMRITA BASU, Two faces of protest: Contrasting modes of women's activism in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xii + 308 pp. Map, figs., tables, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 350
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 164. [PDF]

Kalpana Viswanath: Book reviews and notices : SONIA CORREA (in collaboration with Rebecca Reichman), Population and reproductive rights: Feminist perspectives from the South. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1994. xii + 136 pp. Bibliogr., index. Rs. 160
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 164-165. [PDF]

A.R. Vasavi: Book reviews and notices : SHANTI GEORGE, A matter of people: Cooperative dairying in India and Zimbabwe. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xx + 550 pp. Tables, refs., index. Rs. 450
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 165-166. [PDF]

Jagpal Singh: Book reviews and notices : PETER ROBB, ed., Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India (SOAS Studies on South Asia). Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. viii + 354 pp. Figs., tables, notes, refs. Rs. 290
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 166-167. [PDF]

Anuja Agrawal: Book reviews and notices : SERENA NANDA, Neither man nor woman: The hijras of India. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990. xxv + 170 pp. Plates, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 167-168. [PDF]

Catherine Kohler Riessman: Book reviews and notices : SHALINI BHARAT, Child adoption in India: Trends and emerging issues (a study of adoption agencies). Bombay: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1993. xii + 218 pp. Figs., tables, appendices, bibliogr. Rs. 100
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 168-169. [PDF]

Nicole Constable: Book reviews and notices : LEELA GULATI, In the absence of their men: The impact of male migration on women. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1993. 174 pp. Tables, refs., appendices, index. Rs. 200
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 169. [PDF]

Rajesh Gill: Book reviews and notices : K.C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, BIPLAB DASGUPTA and M.N. BUCH, Urbanisation in India: Basic services and people's participation. Urban Studies Series-2. New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences and Concept Publishing Company, 1993. 45 pp. Rs. 75; and BIDYUT MOHANTY, ed., Urbanisation in developing countries: Basic services and community participation. Urban Studies Series-1. New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences and Concept Publishing Company, 1993. xxv + 421 pp. Maps, figs., tables, notes, refs., index. Rs. 450
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 170-171. [PDF]

Ravi S. Vasudevan: Book reviews and notices : SARA DICKEY, Cinema and the urban poor in south India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xiv + 213 pp. Plates, notes, appendix, refs., index. $49.95
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 171-172. [PDF]

Aparajita Sagar: Book reviews and notices : SVATI JOSHI, ed., Rethinking English: Essays in literature, language, history. New Delhi: Trianka, 1991. 348 pp. Notes. Rs. 280
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 172. [PDF]

Meenakshi Thapan: Book reviews and notices : HEIN STREEFKERK, On the production of knowledge: Fieldwork in south Gujarat, 1971-1991. Comparative Asian Studies-11. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1993. 50 pp. Notes, refs. Ff. 9.50
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 173. [PDF]

Patricia Uberoi: Book reviews and notices : CATHERINE KOHLER RIESSMAN, Narrative analysis. Qualitative Research Methods Series, 30. Newbury Park: Sage, 1993. vii + 79 pp. Figs., tables, notes, bibliogr
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 173-176. [PDF]

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