Fluid Signs

Being a Person the Tamil Way

• Author(s): E. Valentine Daniel,
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Pages: 320
• ISBN_10: 0520047257
  ISBN_13: 9780520047259
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies ,

Description:... "Fluid 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.