Indian Tribes : Psychological and Social Perspectives
Contents: I. Culture and Psyche: 1. Introduction/Aradhana Shukla. 2. Culture and psyche of tribals/Aradhana Shukla. 3. Consequences of acculturation for mental health of Indian tribals/Rakesh K. Srivastava. 4. Fostering early development in Santhal tribal children/Fakir M. Sahoo, Pradeep Mohapatra and Bhakta B. Dash. 5. Indigenous health practices among the Nicobarese of little Andaman/Ajay Kr. Gharami. 6. Under-achievement in mathematics among the tribal pupils/R.S. Akre and U.S. Guru. 7. Cognitive strengths of tribal children implication for their education/R.C. Mishra. 8. Value education and culture in a Hindu undivided family: a case study/Biswanath Roy. 9. The identity question among the tribal of India/Bina Saklani. 10. Santhals: an analysis of their levels of self-concept/Lal Bahadur Singh and Arun Kumar Singh. 11. Inferences among tribals/Aneeta Joshi. 12. Motivational correlates in tribals as affected by sex and age/Shelly Pande. II. Culture and society: 13. Ground work of tribal society: the folk culture of tribals/Aradhana Shukla. 14. Individuals, society and culture: their dynamic interrelationship/Jaya Jha and Himanshu Shekhar Jha. 15. The tribes of Tarai/Ajay S. Rawat. 16. Role of voluntary organisations in tribal development in India/J. Bala Komaraiah. 17. Women in Eastern India: status and development/Bhola Nath Ghosh and Utpal K. De. 18. Education in scheduled tribes: an overview/V. Shunmuga Sundaram. 19. Aspects of traditional economic life of the Khamptis/M.C. Behera. 20. Tattoo: a special feature of tribals/C.M. Agrawal. III. Removing inequality: 21. Removing inequality: towards new horizons for tribals/Aradhana Shukla and Aneeta Joshi. 22. Conclusion/Aradhana Shukla. Bibliography. Index.
"This volume presents the critical views about cultural psychology. Also, it describes the psychological consequences of cultural diversity and intervention strategies for culturally deprived society.
Contributors are dynamic researchers in the field of social sciences and they have shared their views on wide areas at where the impact of cultural identity or cultural diversity can be experienced. This volume has covered the broad range of the psyche of culture and it is hoped that this volume will help the researchers of cultural psychology in comprehensive manner." (jacket)
