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100 _aDaniel,E.Valentine
245 0 _aFluid signs: being a person the Tamil way
260 _aBarkeley
260 _bUniversity of California
260 _c1987
300 _a320p.
365 _dRS
520 _aFluid Signs is the product of anthropological fieldwork carried out among Tamil-speaking villagers in a Hindu village in Southern India. Combining a richness of ethnographic detail with a challenging and innovative theoretical analysis, Daniel argues that symbolic anthropologists have yet to appreciate the multifaceted function of the sign and its role in the creation of culture. This provocative study underscores the need for Western intellectual traditions in general and anthropology in particular to deepen its discourse with South Asian cultural and religious thought.
650 _aSocial anthropology
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