Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ANTH-401 Course Name: Social – Cultural Anthropology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Introduction to social anthropology: Concept of Society, Status and role, Pre-requisite
ofHuman Society. 2. Basic Concepts: Group, community, tribe, caste and class, caste system in India. 3. Family: Definition and function of family, types of family, Nuclear, extended, joint.(Structure, Residence). Pattern of authority: Patriarchy, Matriarchy, Nature of kinship, kinshipterminology, kingroups- Lineage, Clan, Phratryand Moiety. 4. Marriage- forms and types of marriage Rules: Endogamy, Exogamy, Monogamy, Polygamy,Polygyny, Polyandry, Mate Selection, Levirate, Sororate, Sororal, cross-cousin marriage,dowry. |
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| 2 | 1. Economic Organization: Modes of production, distribution and consumption, concept of
value,Political Organization in primitive societies, ownership, production and exchange in
primitivesocieties with reference to Indian tribes. 2. Social Structure: Caste System – definition and Criteria of caste system, varna and caste,dominant caste, caste-mobility – fusion, lack of fusion and fission. Backward and Scheduled Castes: Statutory provisions, caste and tribe, caste in democracy. |
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