Encyclopedia of World Cultures, south_asia

Description

This volume, with one hundred new articles, supplements the award-winning 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures, which was also organized and prepared by the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University, and published by G. K. Hall/Macmillan Library Reference between 1991 and 1996. The volume includes three kinds of entries. One kind is an important culture that was not included, for one reason or another, in the original encyclopedia. These new cultures are located in most regions of the world, but especially in Africa and North America. For example, Rwandans and Barundi are now included. New or updated articles on cultures that have been strongly affected by recent political events are a second kind of entry here. For example, the wars in the former Yugoslavia required expansions and updates of the articles on the Bosnian Muslims, Albanians, and Serbs, and the Afghanistan war called for revisions of the articles on the Tajiks and Uzbeks. Finally, there originally were only short entries on some important cultures, including some that are of classic interest in anthropology (for example, Crow, Zulu). These have now been expanded and updated. In preparing this supplement, we have asked for advice from many scholars and contributors. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 ISBN 0816118124......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Project Staff, Editorial Board......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 13 Introduction......Page 18 Maps......Page 27 Encyclopedia of World Cultures Volume III SOUTH AsIA......Page 32 A......Page 34 B......Page 45 C......Page 88 D......Page 106 E......Page 110 F......Page 111 G......Page 112 H......Page 127 I......Page 134 J......Page 140 K......Page 147 L......Page 175 M......Page 185 N......Page 217 O......Page 245 P......Page 250 Q......Page 276 R......Page 280 S......Page 282 T......Page 306 U......Page 330 V......Page 331 Z......Page 337 Appendix - Additional Castes, Caste Clusters, and Tribes......Page 340 Bibliography......Page 373 Ethnonym Index to Appendix......Page 380 Glossary......Page 394 Filmography......Page 398 Index to Filmography......Page 403 Directory of Distributors......Page 404 Ethnonym Index......Page 406 The Editors......Page 410