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A Bhil village over last four decades: change in a static society

Eastern anthropologist58 (3-4)Published In 2005 • Pages: 487-493

By: Doshi, J. K..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is an effort to understand the problems of change in a tribal village community, dominated by the Bhil in Rajasthan, It identifies the areas of stability and change and factors responsibe for such a state. Two studies which form the basis of this paper is Doshi's own field work in the area between 1961 and 1963, and the study conducted in the same locale by G. Ram in the closing years of the twentieth century.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Community councils
Community heads
Community structure
Sociocultural trends
Population
Congregations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bhil
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
South Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1961-1963
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1961-2000
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Village of Pai, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
NotesAdditional notes
J. K. Doshi
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
59030548
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bhil (Indic people)