Shifting dynamics of peoples, livelihoods and territories, influenced by global warming, require new ways of thinking and new kinds of politics beyond the sovereignties of idealized traditional European nation-states. The ...

One of the dominant issues in writings on the tribal societies of Northeast India is the liberal use of concepts like custom, customary law, and law without clarity about the distinctions and overlaps between them. It is ...

In Sade, the erotic objects (victims) are not individuals with consciousness, but entities reduced to numbers. For him, all humans are born free—they are considered equal units, and he asserts that “[n]ever may an act of ...

This chapter investigates the relationship between heritage, memory, and materiality and proposes a way that we may factor in the increasingly common experience of displacement into archaeological and anthropological study. ...

Schizophrenia is considered a psychotic disorder with universal symptoms of hallucinations and delusions. It has a worldwide prevalence of 1% and is known to have a polygenic and heritable basis. In many cultures, a ...

There is a growing body of literature on ageing and embodiment in India. However, there is scant research from India that explored how a heteronormative culture of idolizing the physique and body appeal could pose additional ...

This chapter aims to examine the metaphors of womanhood that emerged during four in-depth interviews conducted with women who had undergone hysterectomy in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. These interviewees had had the surgery ...

The book looks at the impact that the idea and institution of nationhood have had on the constituents of India in the contemporary postcolonial period. It provides a critical analysis through a variety of perspectives––historical, ...