Department of Anthropology: First Year: Semester I

Department of Anthropology
Syllabus 2008- 2009

First Year: Semester I
Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits
Theory +Lab
ANP 111 Introductory Anthropology 4+0 4.0
ANP 113 Kinship and Social Organization 3+0 3.0
ANP 115 Belief System 3+0 3.0
BNG 101 Bengali Language 2+2 3.0
SOC 101A Principles of Sociology 3+0 3.0
ANP 100 Viva Voce 2+0 2.0
Total 17 + 2 = 19 18.0
First Year: Semester II
Theory + Lab
ANP 121 Theories of Anthropology –1 4+0 4.0
ANP 123 Bangladesh: History, Society and Culture 4+0 4.0
ECO 103A Principles of Economics 3+0 3.0
PSA 101 Politics and Administration in Bangladesh 4+0 4.0
ENG 101 English Language 2+2 4.0
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Total 17 + 2 = 19 18.0
Second Year: Semester I
Theory + Lab
ANP 231 Elements Physical Anthropology 4+0 4.0
ANP 233 Theories of Anthropology-2 4+0 4.0
ANP 235 Economic Anthropology 3+0 3.0
ANP 237 Research Method-1 4+0 4.0
SCW 201 Social Welfare Policy and Programs 3+0 3.0
STA 201 Basic Statistics 4+0 4.0
Total 22 + 0 = 22 22 .0
Second Year: Semester II
Theory + Lab
ANP 200 Field Orientation and Presentation 0+4 2.0
ANP 241 Classic Ethnography 3+0 3.0
ANP 243 Political Anthropology 3+0 3.0
ANP 245 Peasant Society 4+0 4.0
CSE 101G Introduction to Computer Application for 2+0 2.0

Social Science
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CSE 102G Introduction to Computer Application Lab 0+4 2.0
Total 12 + 8 = 20 16.0
Third Year: Semester I
Theory + Lab
ANP 353 Theories in Anthropology-3 4+0 4.0
ANP 355 South Asian Ethnography 4+0 4.0
ANP 358 Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh 4+0 4.0
CSE 303 Database Management and Programming for 2+4 4.0

Social Science
Total 14 + 4 = 18 16.0
Third Year: Semester II
Theory + Lab
ANP 360 Viva Voce 0+4 2.0
ANP 361 Aging and Child Rights 4+0 4.0
ANP 363 Language and Culture 4+0 4.0
ANP 365 Development Anthropology 4+0 4.0
ANP 367 Migration & Refugee Issues 4+0 4.0
Total 16 + 4 = 20 18.0
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Fourth Year: Semester I
Theory + Lab
ANP 471 Theories in Anthropology-4 4+0 4.0
ANP 473 Research Method -2 4+0 4.0
ANP 475 Social Inequality & Gender Issues 4+0 4.0
ANP 477 Urban Anthropology 4+0 4.0
ANP 479 Legal Anthropology 3+0 3.0
Total 19 + 0 = 19 19.0
Fourth Year: Semester II
Theory + Lab
ANP 400 Research Monograph 0+8 4.0
ANP 480 Viva Voce 0 +4 2.0
ANP 483 Environment, Society and Culture 4+0 4.0
ANP 485 Medical Anthropology 4+0 4.0
ANP 487 Applied Anthropology 4+0 4.0
Total 12 + 12 = 24 18.0
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Detailed Syllabus
ANP 100 VIVA VOCE
2 Hours/Week, 2 credits
A comprehensive oral test will be held after the completion of the semester.
ANP 101 AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (For Sociology)
3 Hours/Week, 3 Credits
Anthropology as a field of knowledge, culture, physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, ethnology,

Research Methodology in Anthropology; the physical nature of Homo sapiens, early hominids,
Development of social anthropology (Different theories in Anthropology). Social differentiation:
Differentiation by age, sex, rank, hierarchy and stratification, caste & class. Social organization: kinship,
kinship terminology, Descent, Marriage, Family. Food Getting and Technological Systems: Hunting
gathering societies; Horticultural societies; Agricultural societies: Communities and Industrial societies.
Exchange and Distribution: Reciprocity: The Kula ring; Redistribution: the Kwakiutl Potlatch, Traditional
Currencies and Spheres of Exchange. Politics without State: Anthropology and its relationship with Power
and Politics; Different Political organizations: Band Society, Tribal Society, Chiefdoms, and State.
Religious Ideology & Ritual: Religion as a System of Beliefs; Beliefs and Practices; Rituals and Functions;
Animism; Animatisms; totemism; Religion and Magic. Anthropology in the contemporary world.
Books Recommended:
1. Lucy Mair, Introduction to Social Anthropology, Marvin Harris, Cultures, Man and Nature.
2. John Beattoc, Other cultures, Marvin Harris. The Rise of Anthropological Theory;
3. G. Foster, Applied Anthropology.
4. David C. Pitt, Development from Below.
5. Barnouw,V, Ethnology.
6. Marvin Harris, Culture, Man and Nature.
8. Marvin Harris. The Rise of Anthropological Theory.

ANP 102 AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (FOR SOCIAL WORK)
Anthropology as a field of knowledge, culture, physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, ethnology,

Research Methodology in Anthropology; the physical nature of Homo sapiens, early hominids,
Development of social anthropology (Different theories in Anthropology). Social differentiation:
differentiation by age, sex, rank, hierarchy and stratification caste & class. Social organization: kinship,
kinship terminology, descent, marriage, family. Food getting and technological systems: hunting gathering
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societies; horticultural societies; agricultural societies: agricultural technology and source of energy, types
of peasant communities Industrial societies. Exchange and distribution: reciprocity: the kula ring;
redistribution: the Kwakiutl potlach, traditional currencies and spheres of exchange. Polities without state:
anthropology and its relationship with power and politics; different political organizations: band society,
tribal society, chiefdoms, and state. Religious ideology & ritual: religion as a system of beliefs; beliefs and
practices; rituals and functions; animism; animatism; totemism; religion and magic. Anthropology in the
contemporary world.
Books Recommended:
1. Lucy Mair, Introduction to Social Anthropology, Marvin Harris, Cultures, Man and Nature.
2. John Beattoc, Other cultures, Marvin Harris. The Rise of Anthropological Theory;
3. G. Foster, Applied Anthropology.
5. Bamouw, Ethnology.
6. Marvin Harris, Culture, Man and Nature.
8. Marvin Harris. The Rise of Anthropological Theory.

ANP 111 INTRODUCTORY ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology as a field of Knowledge, perception about Anthropology, subfield and integration, Social and
cultural Anthropological, Symbolic, Ecological and Medical Anthropology. The anthropological
perspective: Evolution, Biological & cultural; biological evolution-mutation random drift and natural
selection; per hominid and human evolution. The concept of in Anthropology: features of culture, culture as
an adaptive system, the relationship between culture, individual and society. Language and communication.
Some basic concepts. Social organization: kinship, kinship terminology, descent, marriage, family. Food
getting and technological systems: hunting gathering societies; horticultural societies; agricultural societies:
agricultural technology and source of energy, types of peasant communities Industrial societies. Exchange
and distribution: reciprocity: the kula ring; redistribution: the Kwakiutl potlach, traditional currencies and
spheres of exchange. Polities without state: anthropology and its relationship with power and politics;
different political organizations: band society, tribal society, chiefdoms, and state. Religious ideology &
ritual: religion as a system of beliefs; beliefs and practices; rituals and functions; animism; animatism;
totemism; religion and magic Other culture and otherness. Otherness and politics of identity. Culture and
ethnography: Case studies. Ethnology Problems of Field work, Role conflicts in fieldwork. Cultural
Imperialism and Mediation of Otherness.

Books Recommended:
1. Conrad Philip Kottak, Cultural Anthropology, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1997
2. Adam Kuper, Anthropology and Anthropologists, Routledge, 1985
3. William Haviland, Cultural Anthropology, Holt, Rinchart and Winston, 19990
4. Paul Bohanan and Mark Glazer (ed). High Points in Anthropology, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
Further Reading:
1. Serena Nanda, Cultural Anthropology, Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1990
2. Rebert Keesing, Cultural Anthropology – A Contemporary Perspective, Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1978
3. Marvin Harris, Culture, People and Nature – An Introduction to General Anthropology, Harper
Row Publishers, 1988
4. Lucy Mair, An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Oxford University Press, 1973
5. Raymond Scupin, Cultural Anthropology – A Global Perspective, Prentice – Hall, 1998
6. L.H. Morgan, Ancient Society, World Publishing, 1963
7. Marvin Harris, the Rise of Anthropological Theory – A History of Theories of Culture, Routledge
and Kegan Paul, 1968
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8. I.M. Lewis, Social Anthropology in Perspective, Penguin Books, 1991
9. Robert A. manners and David Kaplan (ed.), culture Theory, Prentice – Hall, 1978.

ANP 113 KINSHIP & SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Study of Kinship and Anthropology / Historical overview of Kinship Study; importance of Kinship: the
context of Bangladesh, Conceptual issues: Family, Lineage, Descent, Moiety, Phratry, Tribe, Incest, Taboo
etc. Kinship terminology (Morgan, Lowie and Murdock). Structural Approaches, trends in Kinship study:
Feminist approaches, Race and color. New Issues: Carrol B. Stack: All our kin, Approaches to the study of
Kinship, 19th century approaches: Maine: From status to contract Morgan: Evolutionary Approach, Engels:
Family, Private Property and State Bachofen Descent Theory: Arguments of Radcliffe-Brown, Jack Goody,
Rivers, Evans Pritchard Alliance Theory:
Arguments of Levi-Strauss, Dumont , Leach and Needham Feminist Approaches Feminist critique to the
nineteenth century theories: Leacock, and others Christine Delphy: Sharing the same table and the family.
Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall: The role of marriage in Family formation, Hilary Standing: The
Historical Background of Household Management New Issues:
Books Recommended:
1. Robin Fox, Kinship and Marriage: An anthropological Perspective, Penguin Books, 1984
2. Roger M Keesing, Kin Groups and Social Structure, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc. 1975
3. Nelson Graburn (ed.), Readings in Kinship and Social Structure, Hrvard and row Publishers, 1971
4. Patricia Uberoi, Family, Kinship and Marriage in India, Oxford University Press, 1994
5. K.M.A. Aziz, Kinship in Bangladesh, ICDDRB, 1979
6. Martine Segalen, Historical Anthropology of the Family, Cambridge University Press, 1986
7. A.M. Shah: Household Dimension of the Family in India, Berkely, 1974
8. T.N. Madan, family and Kinship: A Study of the Pandits of Rural Kashmir, Oxford University
Press, 1987
9. Tadalico L Hana, Paribar and Kinship in a Muslim Rural Village in East Pakistan, Unpublished
Ph. D. Dissertation, Australian National University, 1967
10. Rahnuma Ahmed and Milu Shamsun Nahar, Brides and the Demand System in Bangladesh,
Center for Social Studies, 1987
11. Frederick Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, In the Light of the
Researches of Lewis H. Morgan, Progress Publishers, 1948
12. Janet Sayers, Mary Evans & Nanneke Redelift (eds), Engels Revisited. New Feminist Essays,
Tavistock Publications, 1987
13. Rayna R. Reitzr, Towara an Anthropology of Women, Monthly Review Press, 1975
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ANP 115 BELIEF SYSTEM
Conceptualization of Belief and Religion, Religion as a system of belifs, belief and practices, Rituals and
functions, Functions of religions, Religion as culture, Religion in simple societies: totem ancestor worship,
fetishism, Mana, Magic, Witchcraft, Shamanism Divination, Myth, and others. Religion in contemporary
societies: World religions, religious cults, religious fundamentalism, religion and politics. Theories of
religion: Tylor, Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Engels, Levi-Strauss, Paul Radin, B. Malinowski, Michel Banton,
Clifford Geertz, Leach, Emile Durkheim, R, Brown, Kroeber, Walter Kaufmann.
Books Recommended:
1. Emile Durkhem,.The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. George Allen & Unwin 1976.
2. Sigmund Freud. The Origins of Religion. Pelican Books, 1985
3. Evans Pritchard, Theories in Primitive religion Clarendon press, Oxford, 1963.
4. Brian Morris, Anthropological Studies of Religion. An Introductory text, Cambridge, USA, 1987.
5. Levi- Strauss, Structural Anthropology, vol-1, Penguin Press, 1965
6. Stark, Rodney & Bainbridge, William Sims- Religion, Devience and Social Control, New
York:Routledge, 1996
7. Vitebsky, P. - The Shaman, London: McMillan Publishing Company, 1995
8. Bloch, M.- Prey into Hunter: the Politics of Religious Experience, UK: Cambridge University Press,
1992.
9. Turner, V.- The Ritual Process, London: Routledge, 1969.
10. Mirza Tahir Ahmed- Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth, UK: Islam International Publication
Ltd.

ANP 121 THEORIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY-1
Early Anthropology (19th century Evolutionism): Darwin, Spencer, Tylor, Frazer, Evolution of Family:
Bachofen, McLenan, Maine, Morgan, Engels. Diffusionism: Revers, Kroeber, Ratzel, Wissler. Early
American anthropology: Boas: His works and influence. British Social Anthropology: Durkheim and his
influence on British Anthropology, Malinowski, Radcliffe Brown.
Books Recommended:
1. Marvin Harris, The Rise of Anthropological theory.
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2. Emile Durkheim, the Rules of Sociological Method, ed. G Catlin , Chcago University press 1958.
3. Adam Kuper, The Social Anthropology of Radeclife Brown, RKP1977.
Adam Kuper, Anthropology and Anthropologist, Routledge, 1985
L. H Morgan, Ancient society, World Publishing, 1963.

ANP 123 BANGLADESH: HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
4 Hours/Weeks, 4 Credits
Approaches to study history of Bangladesh. The ways and contents to write a history of the land.
Methodological issues in historical investigation
Ancient Bengal: ethnic origin & composition of the people of Bangladesh
Religion in Bengal: Rise of Islam and islamization in the east frontier, religious revitalization
movement in the nineteenth century
Mode of production, land system and agriculture in Bengal
Social stratification: class, caste and gender in Bengal. Formation of the middle class
Problem of nationalism and ethnicity in Bangladesh
Folklore and peasantry
The changing maps of the land in different historical periods:
a. Ancient Bengal with the settlements, rivers and other geographical marks.
b. Bengal in Pre-British and British period.
c. East Pakistan and Bangladesh after 1947 & 1971.
d. The social and cultural context of the emergence of Bangladesh
Books Recommended:
Selected Articles:
1. Joya Chartterjee- The Bengali Muslim: A contradiction in Terms? An Overview of the Debate on
Bengali Muslim Identity, in Islam, Communities and Nation, pp. 265-282.
2. Ramkrisna Mukharjee- The Social Background of Bangladesh, in Kathleen Gough & Hari P. Sharma
(ed.)- Imperialism and Revolution in South Asia, Monthly review Press, New York & London, 1973, pp-
399-418.
3. a.Introduction
b.Mass Conversion to Islam:133- 134
c.Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East:194-227
d.Conclusion: 305-315 in Eaton, Richard-The Rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204- 1760, University
of California Press, Berkley, 1993.
4. In Kathleen Gough & Hari P. Sharma (ed) Imperialism and Revolution in South Asia, Monthly reveiw
Press. New York & London, 1973. pp- 399-118.
5. Guha, Ranajit (1996): ‘The Small Voice of History’ in Amin, Shahid & Chakrabarty, Depesh (Eds.)-
Subaltern Studies IX, Writings on South Asian History and Society, Oxford University Press, Delhi, pp.1-
12.
6. Chatterjee, Partha (1994): ‘Claims on the Past: The Genealogy of Modern Historiography in Bangal’ in
Arnold, David & Hardiman, David (Eds.)-Subaltern Studies VIII, Writings on South Asian History and
Society, Oxford University Press, Delhi,pp.1-49.
7. Chakrabarty, Dipesh (1994): ‘The Difference-Deferral of a Colonial Modernity: Public Debates on
Domesticity in British India’ in Arnold, David & Hardiman, David (Eds.)-Subaltern Studies VIII, Writings
on South Asian History and Society, Oxford University Press, Delhi,pp.50-88.
8. Chakrabarty, Dipesh (1994): Guha, Ranajit (1996): ‘The Small Voice of History’ in Amin, Shahid &
Chakrabarty, Depesh (Eds.)-Subaltern Studies IX, Writings on South Asian History and Society, Oxford
University Press, Delhi,pp.50-88.
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Books Recommended:
1. Sengupta, Nitish- Hisory of Bengali-speaking People, London School of Oriental Studies.
2. Thapar, Ramila –
3. Damodar Kosambi-
4. S.R. Chakrabarty& Virendra Narain- Bangladesh: History and Culture, Vol.1, South Asian Publishers,
New Delhi, 1986.
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ANP 200 FIELD ORIENTATION AND PRESENTATION
Students will conduct fieldwork and submit a research report under supervision of a teacher.
ANP 201 POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (For PSA)
Scope of Political anthropology. Distinction between political anthropology and social sciences. Origin and
development of political anthropology. Origin of society, Primitive society, Ancient society, Civilized
society, Modern society. State and Political anthropology: types of pre-industrial state, the evolution of
state, anthropological theory of state, Social stratification and Power. Culture: anthropological perspective.
Power structure: structure of power in local community, national power structure, local community and
class structure. Factionalism and specialized institutions.
Books Recommended:
1. Clifford Geertz. - Local Level Politics.
2. Turner, V. & Geertz, C. - Political Anthropology
3. Gladhill: Political Power and Disguise
4. G. Blandier : Political Anthropology
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5. Evans Pritchard: The Nuer
ANP 203 ANTHROPOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3 Hours/ Week, 3 Credits.
Linguistics: definition and nature Linguistic Anthropology: Scope and importance, Language and
evolution, Language: definition, characteristics Origin of Languages: Family tree theory and wave theory,
Language and different theories of culture, Language in culture: the Boasian tradition, Linguistic
Relativism, Development of linguistic relativity hypothesis: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Structural Linguistics:
Structural approach to the study of language, Ferdinand de Saussure and the development of structuralism,
Elements of Language: phoneme, morpheme, syntax, semantics, Limitation of structuralism, Noam
Chomsky: search for universal grammar, Claude Levi-Strauss: study of myth, Linguistic Change: Causes
and types of linguistic change, Language and Culture: meaning and relationship, Bilingualism and
multilingualism, Sociolinguistics and Language Variation
Books Recommended:
1. Hickerson, N. P. - 2000, Linguistic Anthropology, Harcourt College Publication, New York.
2. Boas, Franz 1940 Race, language and Culture. New York, Free Press.
3. Chomsky, Noam 1957. Syntactic Structures. The Hague: Mouton.
4. 1968. Language and Mind. New York: Harcourt.
5. Hymes, Del 1971. Pidginization and Creolization of Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
6. Jakobson, Roman & M. Hall 1956. Fundamentals of Languages. The Hague: Mouton.
7. Sapir, E. 1921. Language. New York: Harcourt.
8. 1949. The Psychological Reality of the Phonemes.
9. Saussure, F. de 1958 (Original 1916) Course in General Linguistics. New York.
10. Bloomfield, Leonard (1935) Language, London: Allen & Unwin.
11. Chomsky, Noam (1957) (1968) Syntactic Structure, Mouton, The Hague
12. Language an Mind, New York, Harcourt.
13. Derrida, Jacques [76(67)] Of Grammatology, Trans, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Baltimore and
London: John Hopkins University Press.
14. Duranti, Alessandro (1997) Linguistic Anthropology, Cambridge University Press.
16. Levi-Strauss, Claude (1963) Structural Anthropology. New York : Basic Book.
17. Lucy, John A. (1992a), Grammatical Categories and Cognition: A case Study of the Linguistic
Relativity Hypothesis Cambridge University Press.
18. Lucy, John A. (1992b) Language Diversity and Cognitive Development: a reformulation the Linguistic
relativity Hypothesis. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1993.
19. Varshney R. L. – 1985, An Introductory Textbook of Linguistics & Phonetics, BOC Ltd. Dhaka.
20. Lyons, J. - 1995, Language and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, New York.
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ANP 231 ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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Physical Anthropology and its scope, Principle of Evolution: Darwin’s theory of evolution, geographic
distribution of life forms, geological and paleoantogical records, comparative anatomy, embryology,
Natural selection in action, biological basis of life: DNA structure, DNA genetic code, DNA process.
Theory of gene, mutation, heredity and environment. Genetics and Evolution: early theories of inheritance,
Mendel’s experiment, selection of plants, genes, chromosomes and Mendel, Modern theory of evolution
(mutation, migration, genetic drift, recombination), micro and macro evolution, Evolution in Modern
Populations: population, population genetics, evolution in modern population, blood group, antigen
systems. Human adaptation: adaptation and acclimatization, dietary adaptation, disease and human
adaptation, chemicals and mutation. Primates and Human Evolution: time scale, earliest primates, hominid
evolution, Human Diversity: racial classification, clinical distribution, racism. Forensic anthropology.
Books Recommended:
1. Jurmain, Robert et.al: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
2. Stanford, Craig et.al.: Biological Anthropology
3. Wood, James W: Dynamics of Human Reproduction. Biology, Biometry, Demography
4. Campbell, Bernard G: Humankind Emerging
5. Keyens, Randal: Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution
Empiricism: Durkheim: Social fact, observation and explanation, social solidarity and individualism;
Psychological school: Mead, Benedict, Kardiner and others Cultural Ecological School: White, Stewart;
Classical Marxism; Cultural Materialism; Saussure: Language, Song
Books Recommended:
1. Harris, Marvin (1968): The Rise of Anthropological Theory
2. Jansen, E et al (2004): History of Anthropology
3. Marx, Karl (1970): A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
4. Murdock, GP (1949): Social Structure
5. Durkheim, Emile ( 1912): The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
ANP 235 ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Theoretical issues in Economic Anthropology: The Formalist-substantivist debate. The Formaist School:
Herskovits, Firth, Nash, Cook and Salisbury. The Substantivist School: Malinowski, Karl Polanyi, Marshal
Sahlins and Dalton. Traditional and primitive Economics: Production, consumption, distribution and
exchange, the Evolution of money, Money in different societies, and Impact of money. Gift exchange.
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Marxist Economic Anthropology. Anthropology and economic development. Anthropology and rural
development & Recent trends in Economic Anthropology
Books Recommended
Selected Articles:
1. Paul Bohanan- Impact of Money in the African Society.
2. Marshall Shahlins- The Original Affluent Society, pp. in Marshall Sahlins- Stone Age Economics,
Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1972.
3. George Dalton- Theoretical Issues in Economic Anthropology in Current Anthropology, vol.10
Feb.1969, pp. 63-79.
4. Staurt Platner- Marxism
5. Marcel Mauss- The Gift.
6. Herscovits- The Economic Anthropology
Book Reference
1. Melville Herskovits- Economic Anthropology, The Economic life of Primitive People, Eurasia
Publishing House (P) Ltd. RamNagar, New Delhi, 1974
2. Edward E. Leclair and Harold Schneider (ed.)- Economic Anthropology, Reading in theory and analysis,
Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc.1968
3. Manning Nash-Primitive and Peasant Economic Systems, Chandler Publishing Company,Chicago, USA,
1966.
4. Stuart Plattner (ed.) Economic Anthropology, Stanford University Press, 1989
5. Scott cook- Economic Anthropology: Problems in Theory, Method and Analysis in JohnHonigmann
(ed.) Handbook of Anthropology, Rand Menally & Co., Chicago, 1973.
6. Marshall Sahlins- Stone Age Economics, Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1972.
7. Bronislaw Malinowski- Argonauts of the Western Pacific, Routledge & Kegan Ltd. London 1992
(reprint 1978)
8. Raymond Firth (ed.)- Themes in Economic Anthropology, ASA Monographs 6, Tavistock Publications,
1967.
9. Raymond Firth & B. S. Yamey- Capital Saving and Credit in Peasant Society, Aldine Publishing
Company, Chicago 1964.
10. Mairice Godelier- Perspectives in Marxist anthropology, Cambridge University Press, 1977.
11. Tim Ingold, David Riches & James woodburn (ed.)- Hunters and Gatherers, Property, power and
ideology, BERG Oxford, Washington, D.C. 1991.
12. Andre Gunder Frank- Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America, Monthly Review Press,
New York and London 1967.
13. Maurice Bloch-Marxist Analyses and Social anthropology, Tanvistock Publication, New York, 1984.
14. Richard Lee & Irven DeVore (ed.)- man the Hunter, Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1968.
15. Alan Barnard & Jonathan Spencer (ed.)- Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Routledge,
London & New York, 1996.
16. John Clammer (ed.) Beyond the New Economic Anthropology, Macmillan Press, 1987.

ANP 237 RESEARCH METHOD-1
4 Hours/Weeks, 4Credits
Research method: Meaning of research, meaning of scientific and social science research; limitation of the
application of scientific method in social science. Anthropological approaches to Research, Basic concepts
of anthropological research: Objectivity in social research. Relation between social sciences research and
anthropological research. Various approaches in anthropological research: a) Intensive field work b)
Participant observation c) Emic and Etic approaches d) Synchronic and diachronic approach e) Mapping f)
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Interview g) Life history h) Personal documents i) Oral sources j) Questionnaires k) key informant
technique l) Sampling, census m) Survey n) Combining strategies in field research. Recording field data:
Keeping field notes, dairy maintenance, Using camera and video camera (visual anthropology).
Ethnographic method, Reflexive ethnogrphy, problem in ethnogrphy (culture shock, ethnocentrism, cross
cultural understanding, neutrality). Preparing Research proposal. Theorising in field research. Changes in
anthropological research. Ethics in research: The field worker and the field. Uniqueness of Anthropological
research; Nature of ethnographic data.
Books Recommended:
1. James P. Spradley- 1980, Participant Observation, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.
2. P. J. Pelto & G. H. Pelto- 1978, Anthropological Research, London: Cambridge University
Press.
3. R. F. Ellen- 1993, Ethnographic Research, London: Academic Press, Harcourt Brace &
Company.
4. David M. Fetterman- 1998, Ethnography, London: Sage Publications.
5. B. N. Ghosh- 1993, Scientific Method and Social Research, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers
Private Limited.
6. N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln- 2000, Handbook of Qualitative Research, London: Sage
Publications.
7. H. Russell Bernard- 1994, Research Methods in Anthropology, London: Sage Publications.
8. Mahmud, A.- 1996, Rapid Rural Appraisal: concepts, methods, applications, Dhaka: BARC.
9. ‡PŠayix I ikx`- 1995, b„weÁvbt D™¢e weKvk I M‡elYv c×wZ, XvKvt evsjv GKv‡Wgx|
10. wb‡qvMx I eveyj- 2004, wcAviG/wcGjG, XvKvt mvKx cvewjwks K¬ve|
11. ingvb I kIKZz¾vgvb- 2002, mgvR M‡elYv c×wZ, XvKvt wbD GR cvewj‡KkÝ|
ANP 241 CLASSIC ETHNOGRAPHY
3 Hours/Week,3 Credits
(Any two of the following Classics) Bronislaw Malinowski- Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Margaret
Mead- Coming of age in Samoa. Evans Pritchard- The Nuer. Edmund Leach- The Political leader and
Highland Burma. Raymond Firth- We, the Tikopia Contrad Arens Berg- The Irish Countrymen. Franz
Boas- The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Islands/The Central Eskimo Radcliffe Brown- The Andaman Islanders
Books Recommended:
1. Bronislaw Malinowski- Argonauts of the Western Pacific.
2. Margaret Mead- Coming of age in Samoa.
3. Evans Pritchard- The Nuer. Edmund Leach- The Political leader and Highland Burma.
4. Raymond Firth- We, the Tikopia Contrad Arens Berg- The Irish Countrymen.
5. Franz Boas- The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Islands/The Central Eskimo
6. Radcliffe Brown- The Andaman Islanders
ANP 243 POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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Introduction to Political Anthropology: Anthropology and it’s relationship with power politics, Political
anthropology: 1. Persons, issues and paradigms, scope of political anthropology, different approaches in
political anthropology. 2. State and political anthropology: Types of pre-industrial state, the evolution of
state. Anthropological theory of state. Emergency of economical and political hierarchies. Social
stratification and power. 3. Power and Institution: Power structure: Local-National level, Linkages between
local and national power structure. Other characteristics of state power, Community power structure,
Individual in the political arena. Factionalism and specialized institution: Factions, Basis of factionalism,
Factions and local politics, anthropological approach to the study of factions, horizontal and vertical
alignment, Factions and local politics, Specialised local institutions, Relationship between person in
specialised structures, equal and unequal relationship.
Books Recommended:
1. Robert Carnerio, A Theory of the Origin of the State, 1970
2. Ronald Colien and Elman R, Service, Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evaluation,
Institute for the study of human issues, 1978.
3. Georges Blander, Political Anthropology, 1970.
4. A. H. M Zehadul Karim, The pattern of Rural Leadership in an Agrarian Society.
5. Clifford Geertz. - Local Level Politics.
6. Turner, V. & Geertz, C. - Political Anthropology
7. Gladhill: Political Power and Disguise
8. G. Blandier : Political Anthropology
9. Evans Pritchard: The Nuer

ANP 245 PEASANT SOCIETY
Introduction: Concepts of Peasants. Origin of Agriculture: Ecotype- Paleotechnic & Neotechnic.

Anthropological approach to study Peasant society: Works on Peasant society: Redfield, Shanin, Wolf,
Marx, Chayanov, Foster, Oscar Lewis Economic, Social and Political aspects of Peasantry. Peasant social
organization. Peasant Economy and economic theories. State and peasants. Women in peasant households.
Peasant perception in Hazards, credit, sanitation etc. Peasant movements-Case study from Indian
subcontinent. Peasant Society in contemporary world. Different ecotypes: Bangladesh and other developing
and developed societies.
Transformation of the Agrarian. Structure during two colonial impositions. Agrarian structure and the
peasantry in Bangladesh. Social conditions of Agrarian Structure. Mode of production, development of
capitalism, social classes and types of farm enterprises. Empirical characteristics of the rural class structure.
Types and consequences of land reforms. Strategy of rural development and the political economy of rural
development.
Books Recommended:
1. Eric Wolf- Peasants
2. Robert Redfield- Little Communities
3. Avmnveyi ingvb- evsjv‡`‡ki K…wl KvVv‡gv
4. Chayanov: The Theory of Peasant Economy
5. Guha, R: Elementary Aspects of Peasant
6. Redfield, R : The Little Community, Peasant Society, and Culture
7. Schendel, WV: The Odds of Peasant Life: The Process of Social and Economic Mobility
in Rural Bangladesh
8. Shanin, T: Peasants and Peasant Society
9. Wolf, E: The Peasant
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ANP 353 THEORIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY –3
Basic Theories of Social Sciences

Ancient Greek Philosophy: Socrates, Aristotle and others, the Sophists
Philosophy of the Medieval Ages: Religion as a source of Knowledge, Vico, Bacon and other social
thinkers. Philosophy of Knowledge: Kant, Hegel. Rise of Science: Socio-economic and political situation,
Positivism: Auguste Comte, John Stuart Mill
Historicism and Romanticism, Karl Marx: Dialectical and historical materialism, Alienation, Class and
Class Struggle, Labor and Surplus value
Max Weber: Scientific Inquiry, Methodology, Power and Authority , Rationalization , Economy , Society
and Religion. Durkheim: Division of Labor, Social Solidarity, Suicide, and Religion, Structuralism:
Reaction to functionalism, Levi-Straus, Godelier, Meillassoux, Therray, Morris Bloch., Neo-Marxism:
British, French and Asian , Empiricism and post colonialism, Gramsci, Said, Asad

Books Recommended:
Robert, Audi: Epistemology: A Contemporray Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Hammersleg, Martin: The Dilemma of Qualitative Method
Strauss, Levi: Structural Anthropology
Strauss, Levi: Myth and Meaning
Barth, Fredrick: Cosmologies in the Making
Godelier, Moris: Mirror on the Wall
Godelier, Moris: The mental and the Material
Meillassoux, Claude: Madness, Meal, and Money
Gramsci, Antonio: Selection from the Prison Notebook
ANP 355 SOUTH ASIAN ETHNOGRAPHY
4Hours/Week, 4 Credits
The teacher will select a total of three ethnographies and discuss them in class.
Books Recommended:
1. Ali, Ahsan 199_. The Santals of Bangladesh. Bidisha, India.
2. Ahsan, Selina. 1993, 1995. The Marmas of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Ahsan Publications.
3. Arefeen, H.K. 1986. Changing Agrarian Structure in Bangladesh: Shimulia: A Study of a Peri-
urban Village. Centre for Social Studies. University of Dhaka.
4. Arens, Jennecke, and van Beurden, Jos. 1977. Jhagrapur: Poor Peasants and Women in a Village
in Bangladesh. Amsterdam: Third World Publications.
5. Biswas, Abdul Awwal. 1996 . An Ethnography of a Coastal People in Bangladesh. Unpublished
Ph.D. Dissertation. Dhaka: University of Dhaka.
6. Chowdhury, Anwarullah. 1978. A Bangladesh Village: A Study in Social Stratification. Centre for
Social Studies. Dhaka:University of Dhaka
7. Islam, A.K.M. Aminul. 1974. A Bangladesh Village: Conflict and Cohesion: An
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8. Islam, Zahidul 1986. A Garo Village. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Rachi, India.
9. Rahman, Habibur. 199 . The Shandar Beday Community of Bangladesh: A Study of Social
Change of a Quasi-Nomadic People. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. Dhaka: University of
Dhaka.
10. Nur, Yalmin: Under the Bow Tree
ANP 358 ENTHNIC COMMUNITIES IN BANGLADESH
Geographic Regions and the Ethnic Settlement in Bangladesh, A social-cultural History of their Settlement
in South Asia, Ethnic, Identity, Race and Nationalism: theoretical orientation, Ethnic People of CHT, The
Khasis of Sylhet, the Garo Mymenshing region, The Ethnic communities of Bangladesh, Recent problem
and Change.
Books Recommended:
1. Ahsan Ali , The Santals.
2. Ahsan , Selina, The Murmas of Bangladesh
3. Burling, Robin: Strong Women of Modupur,
4. Dalton, E T Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal.
5. Rafi, Mohmmad: Small Ethnic Groups of Bangladesh
6. Bassaignet, Pieree: Tribesman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts
7. Barth, F: Ethnic Groups and Its Boundaries
8. Lorenz, Loeffer: Mro
9. Mohsin, Amena: Politics of Nationalism
10. Qureshi, MS (Ed): Tribal Cultures in Bangladesh
ANP 360 VIVA VOCE
4 Hours/ Week, 2 Credits
A comprehensive viva voce will be taken at the end of the semester.
ANP 361 AGING AND CHILD RIGHTS

Concept of Aging: Cross Cultural Issues, Gerontology and Its Relationship with Anthropology of Aging,
Historic Perspective of the ‘Anthropology and the Aged’, Areas of Anthropological Interest in the Aging:
Long Term Care, Community, Health and Short-Term Health Care, Family, Methods and Strategies on
Anthropology of Aging: Disengagement Theory, Activity Theory, Continuity Theory, Cognitive Theory,
Exchange Theory, Aging Clock Theory; Case Studies on Applied Anthropologists working with the Aged;
Malnutrition among Older Americans, The Evergreen Institute on Elder Environments, Participatory
Research and Communication in Alaska, The Importance of Anthropological Work with the Aged, Future
Direction of the Anthropology.
Child and Childhood: Concept and Definition, Stages of Child Development, Developmental Needs of
Children, Socialization, Child Rights as Discourse, The Context of the Development of Childhood in
Developed and Underdeveloped Society, Laws and Theory; Policy Concern on Child Rights; Rights versus
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Culture, Rights to Culture, Rights as Culture. Regulations of Child Rights such as UNCRC and its
implications.
Books Recommended:
1. Kedia, Satish and van Willigen, John (eds.)

2005 Applied Anthropology. Domains of Application. London: Westport
2. Chambers, Erve
1989 Applied Anthropology: A practical guide. Prospect Heights, III. Waveland Press.
3. Atchley, Robert C
1991 Social Forces and Aging: An Introduction to Social Gerontology. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth.
4. Fry, Christine L., Jennie Keith, eds.
1986 New Methods for Old-age Research: Strategies for studying diversity. New York: Bergin and
Garvey.
5. Keith, Jennie, Christine L Fry
1997 The Aging Experience: Diversity and Commonality across Culture. Thousands Oaks, Calif.: Sage
Publications.

ANP 363 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
4 Hours/ Week, 4 Credits.

Language: definition, characteristics, Language and evolution, Elements of Language: phoneme,
morpheme, syntax, semantics, Linguistics: definition and nature Linguistic Anthropology: Scope and
importance, Origin of Languages: language family or tree theory, wave theory, Language in culture: the
Boasian tradition, Linguistic Relativism, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Structural Linguistics: Structural
approach to the study of language, Ferdinand de Saussure and the development of structuralism, Limitation
of structuralism, Noam Chomsky: search for universal grammar, Claude Levi Strauss: study of myth,
Linguistic Change: Causes and types of linguistic change, Language and Culture: meaning and
relationship, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Sociolinguistics and Language Variation: dialect and
sociolect, Glottochronology.

Books Recommended:
1. Hickerson, N. P. - 2000, Linguistic Anthropology, Harcourt College Publication, New York.
2. Boas, Franz 1940 Race, language and Culture. New York, Free Press.
3. Chomsky, Noam 1957. Syntactic Structures. The Hague: Mouton.
Press.
4. Sapir, E. 1921. Language, New York: Harcourt.
5. Saussure, F. de 1958 (Original 1916) Course in General Linguistics. New York.
6. Bloomfield, Leonard (1935) Language, London: Allen & Unwin.
7. Chomsky, Noam (1957) (1968) Syntactic Structure, Mouton, The Hague
London: John Hopkins University Press.
8.. Duranti, Alessandro (1997) Linguistic Anthropology, Cambridge University Press.
9.. Levi-Strauss, Claude (1963) Structural Anthropology. New York : Basic Book.
Relativity Hypothesis Cambridge University Press.
10. Lucy, John A. (1992b) Language Diversity and Cognitive Development: a reformulation the Linguistic
relativity Hypothesis. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1993.
11. Varshney R. L. – 1985, An Introductory Textbook of Linguistics & Phonetics, BOC Ltd. Dhaka.
12. Lyons, J. - 1995, Language and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, New York.
13. gwbi“¾vgvb- 1994, Dcfvlv PP©vi f~wgKv, evsjv GKv‡Wgx, XvKv, |
14. Bmjvg, iwdKzj – 1998, fvlvZvwË¡K cªeÜvejx, evsjv GKv‡Wgx, XvKv|
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15. gn¤§` `vwbDj nK- 1993, fvlvi K_vt fvlvweÁvb, Kwig eyK K‡c©v‡ikb, XvKv|
16. AvRv`, ûgvqyb- 1999, A_©weÁvb, AvMvgx cÖKvkbx, XvKv, |
17. AvRv`, ûgvqyb - 1995, ZzjbvgyjK I HwZnvwmK fvlvweÁvb, AvMvgx cÖKvkbx, XvKv|
18. AvRv`, ûgvqyb – 1984, evK¨ZË¡, XvKv wek¦we`¨vjq, XvKv|
19. gRyg`vi , AZx›`ª – 1987, fvlvZË¡, bqv cÖKvk, KwjKvZv|
20. Bmjvg, iwdKzj - fvlvZË¡, eyK wfD, XvKv|

ANP 365 DEVELOPMENT ANTHROPOLOGY
Conceptual issues of development. Evolution of development studies. Contemporary theories of

underdevelopment and model of development and critical analuysis, Dependency school. Mode of
production: concepts. World system theories Frank, Hamza Alavi, Samir Amin, Wallerstien, Paul Baran.
Deconstructing the development discourse; History of Development Discourse; Development: Different
meanings and conceptual issues; The invention of development and underdevelopment; The culture
concept in development and underdevelopment; Gender and development; The culture concept in
development; Response to development; Practice and reality: case studies.
Books Recommended:
1. Gerald M. Meir (ed.), Leading Issues in Economic Development, Oxford University Press, 1989
2. Andre Gunder Frank, Latin America: Under-Development or Revolution, Monthly Review Press,
1970
3. Charles K. Wilber (ed.), The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment, Random
House, 1978
4. Immanuel Wallerstein, The Capitalist World-Economy, Cambridge University Press, 1980
5. A.F. Roberston, People and the State – An anthropology of Planned Development, Cambridge
University Press, 1984
6. Mark Hobart, An Anthropological Critique of Development, Routledge, 1989
7. Nalini Visanathan et. al. (eds.), The Women, Gender and Development Reader, UPL, 1997
8. Escober, A: Encountering Development
ANP 367 MIGRATION & REFUGEE ISSUES
Theories and approaches. World system and global approaches. Understanding global migration Models of
migration. Transition theory, the postmodernist view, the changing global migration. Regionalizations the
state in international system.the typologies of migrants. Globalisation and its affect on the structure of
societies,
Migration and its affect on rural and urban communities. The new immigration; Various pattern and
citizenship. The historical background of Migration in East Asia. The regional origins of Labour Migration.
Social & political consequences of Migration.
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Migration: Migration histories of Bangladesh, An overview of migration in Bangladesh & its and impact
and key issues. Biharis and Rohinga Issues. Anthropology of migration and immigration. Migration and
Migration policy in Asia. Gender and migration in Asia; Internal seasonal migration, livelihood and
vulnerability, Internal Migration policies in Asia. Internal Migration and the development nexas; the case
of Bangladesh. migration to the Middle East Europe USA, Australia. Migration in local context. Economic
and social mobility, Migration, Kinship Marriage, Force marriage issues. Migration and women in the local
economy.
Migration histories of Sylhet region, Migration and dependency, history of migration, migration and
production, Impact of migration on Infrastructure. Migration and its effects on agricultural production,
Land tenancy system, effects on non agricultural production, effect on employment occupational structure
of migrants house holds, effects on social economic, demographic and political power.
Books Recommended:
1. Gardner, Katy: Global Migration, Local lives, ( Travel and Transportation in Rural Bangladesh),
Clerendon: 1995
2. Skeeldon. Ronald: Migration and Development; a Global Perspective. Longmen : 1997
3. Koser K and Lutz H: The New Migration in Europe. Macmillon:1998
4. Boyle, Paul: Exploring Contemporary Migration: 1998
5. Boyle, Paul et al. : Exploring Contemporary Migration
6. Gunatilleke, G (Ed.): Migration to the Arab Worlds: Experience of Returning Migrants
Symbolism and Symbolic Anthropology: Victor Turner, Clifford Geertz, Marshall Sahlins, Mary Douglas,
Erving Goffmen: Cognitive Theory of Goodenough Radical Approaches: ‘Reinventing Anthropology’,
‘Invention of Primitive Society’, ‘Studying up’, ‘Native Anthropology’ etc. Fanon- on the Psychology of
the oppressed. Decolonization. James Scott- Everyday forms of resistance. Contact and Colonialism-
Notions and relations of colonial agency, Power and contested knowledgefrom and integrated
anthropological perspectives. Global cultures- Relationship between global politico-economic forcesand
local cultures. Cultural studies approaches and theories of cultural imperialism.
Books Recommended
Ortner, Sherry: Theory in Anthropology since Sixtees
Geertz, C: The Interpretation of Culture
Turner, V: Drammas, Field, and Metaphor
Kupar, Adam: The Invention of Primitive Society
Doglas, M: Purity and Danger
Roy JL : Rethinking Critical Theory
Sen, Amartya: Identity and Violence
Goffman, Irving: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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Starfin, D. P: The Theory of Game
ANP 473 RESEARECH METHOD-2
Positivism, Pragmatism and Interpretive approaches. Enlightenment and some philosophical traditions.
Anthropological research ( Conceptual issues, influence of scientific approach). History of anthropological
research. Subjectivity and objectivity. Ethnography reinvestigated: ‘Writing culture’, ‘new
ethnography’,’Fields’. Theory, observation and practical adequacy, truth and practical adequacy in field
work, Verificatin and falsification, Writing and the future of method in social science. Narrative vs.
Analysis – the neglect of description, the influence of rhetoric. Critical approaches to development of
research and evaluation of research design. Some recent research methods in applied anthropology.
Books Recommended:
Bernard, HR: Research Method in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Babbie, E: The Practice of Social Research
Burling, R: Learning a Field Language
Chambers, R: Rapid (Or Relaxed) and Participatory Rural Appraisal: Notes of Practical Approaches and
Methods
Festinger, LA: A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Fetterman, D: Ethnography: Step by Step
Goodenough W: Componential Analysis and the Study of Meaning
Moran, D: Introduction to Phenomenology
ANP 475 SOCIAL INEQUALITY & GENDER ISSUES
The course aims at exploring the historical subordination of women in the family, at work and at the level
of ideas in different cultural contexts and at developing analytical skills to attempt to understand the nature
and forms of gender subordination in ones own culture.
Gender studies: methodological issues; Women;: myths of male dominance; Feminism and history (some
cases) Sexuality: concepts and issues; Gender and economics: sexual division of Labor and gender
relations; Women in politics; Women, the state and ideology: the oppression of women; Few instances
from Bangladesh; Women's Health, Reproduction and the subordination of women; Women &
empowerment: Some cases; Violence on women: Ethnic and class based issues
Books Recommended:
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Marger, MN: Social Inequalities
Chen, MA : A Quiet Revolution ( Women in Transition in Rural Bangladesh)
Beteille, A: Equality and Inequality
Bisilliat J and Fieloux M: Women of the Third World
Moore, HL: Feminism and Anthropology
Ali, Imran: Social Inequality
Ahmed et al: Gender Issues in Agriculture
ANP 477 URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
Definition and scope; development of urban anthropology; methods of urban anthropology; pre-industrial
cities; kinship, family and voluntary association in urban societies; urban class, ethnicity and stratification;
peasant in cities; urban poverty: growth of poverty, culture of poverty; migration and adaptation of
migrants in city life; prospects of urban anthropology.
Books Recommended:
1. Palen J. John- The Urban World, USA: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1992
2. Fox, Richard G.- Urban Anthropology: Cities in their Cultural Settings, New Jersy: Prentice-Hall,
1977.
3. Basham, R.-Urban Anthropology: the cross-cultural study of complex societies, California:

Myfield Publishing Company, 1978.
4. Clark, D.- Urban World/Global City, London: Routledge, 1996.
5. Nadje Al-Ali & Khalid Koser- New Approaches to Migration? London: Routledge, 2002
6. Sjoberg, G: The Pre-Industrial Cities
ANP 479 LEGAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Legal Anthropology: Definition, Scope, and Nature, Task and Priorities, Origins and Development,
Founders of Legal Anthropology: Montesquieu, Bachofen, McLennan, Morgan, Maine, Fields of Legal
Anthropology, Cross-cultural theories of Law, The Legal Anthropology of Traditional and Modern Society,
Legal Systems in Complex Societies, Applied Legal Anthropology.
Books Recommended:
Rouland, Norbert: Legal Anthropology
Levi-Struass, Claude: Structural Anthropology
Levi-Struass, Claude: Elementary Structure of Kinship
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Fox, R: Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective
ANP 400 RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
Students will conduct fieldwork and prepare research report on the same topic of the previous semester
under the supervision of respective supervisors. The teacher will take a regular account of progress of the
student.
ANP 480 VIVA VOCE
2 Credits
A comprehensive oral test will be held after the completion of the semester.
ANP 483 ENVIRONEMENT, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
4 Hours/Weeks,4 Credits
Ecological approach to culture study: Rappaport, Vayda, Geertz etc. Different concepts: ecosystem,
population, Niche theory, competition and symbiosis. Food as a spokesman: Abominable Pig (Marvin
Harris), Tragedy of commons: Hardin. G.,Sustainable development. Progressive contextualization (Vayda).
Culture versus Ecosystem: Key Milton, Rappaport. Environmentalism: View from anthropology—a new
moral discourse for technological society; eco-feminism, people's understanding of nature; environmental
management: perceptions and practices; myth and reality of environmental control, political economy of
environmental control; vulnerability: different issues; anthropological methods in environmental research;
environmental movements: Green peace, Chipko etc.: contemporary issues related to environment:
different ecological zones in Bangladesh.
Books Recommended:
Milton, K: Environmentalism and Cultural Theory
Rappaport, RA: Ecosystem, Population and People
Rappaport, RA: Ecology, Meaning and Religion
Rappaport, RA: Pig for the Ancestor
Hawly, AH: Ecology and Human Ecology
Yep, IT: The Appropriation of Nature
Sachs, W: Global Ecology and the Shadow of Development
Shiva, V: Resources
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Vayda, A: Towards a Theory of Progressive Contextualization
Turner, VW: The Forest Symbols
Vayda AP and Rappaport RA: Ecology, Cultural and Non-Cultural
Escober, A: Whose Knowledge, whose nature
ANP 485 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Medical Anthropology: Definition and Scope; Basic concepts and Theoretical paradigms of medical
anthropology, Relationship with other Health Sciences; Medical Ecology and Epidemiological Approach;
Research tools of medical anthropology: Retrospective method, prospective method, case control method,
Longitudinal method, Cohort method (Pathogenesis and prognosis of disease, Estimates of risk factors,
Prevalence rate, Incidence Rate, Point Prevalence Rate, Morbidity Rate), Diagnostic Criteria for Health
Disorders; Parameters of Health and Diseases in a Population; Health problems and Disease Pattern in
Rural environment with reference to Bangladesh; Malnutrition, Causes of child mortality and maternal
mortality; Culture, food and nutrition; Nature of Women’s reproductive health; Health seeking behavior;
Preventive and curative medicine; Utilization and evaluation of Health Care Services; Primary Health Care,
Folk medical beliefs, ethno-physiology, ethno-medicine, ethno psychiatry; Indigenous knowledge of
medicine: values of plants, animals and creatures in malsetting, Traditional medicine (Homeopathy,
Ayurvedic, Yunani etc.) vs. threats modern scientific medicine; relevance of medical anthropology in the
context of Bangladesh society; International Health Package for coping with emerging threats e.g. AIDS,
Arsenic, Drug abuse etc.
Books Recommended:
McElory, Ann and Townsend, Patricia
2004 Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective. Colorado: Westview
American Anthropological Association
2001 Training Manual for Applied Medical Anthropology. Arlington: American Anthropological
Association
Farmer, Paul
2001 Infections and Inequalities. The Modern Plague. Berkeley: University of California Press
Geest, Van Der Sjaak and Whyte, Susan Reynolds (eds.)
1991 The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical
Anthropology. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis Publisher
Willigen, van John and Kedia, Satish
2005 Applied Anthropology: Domains of Application. Westport: Praeger
Costello, Anthony and Dharma,Manandhar (eds.)
2000 Improving Newborn Infant Health in Developing Countries.London: Imperical College Press
Rush, John A
1999 Stress and Emotional Health: Applications of Clinical Anthropology
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Hardon, Anita
2001 Applied Health Research Manual: Anthropology of Health and Health Care. Amsterdam:
Het Spinhuis Publishers
ANP 487 APPLIED ANTHROPOLGY
Applied anthropology: definition and scope; development of applied anthropology; role of applied
anthropology; applied vs. academic dichotomy; different methodologies of applied anthropology; applied
anthropology in practice such as Project Camelot, Peru-Vicos; Globalization; Micro Credit and NGOs,
Drug abuse, ethnocentrism, shrimp cultivation, research theory and action.
Books Recommended:
McElory, Ann and Townsend, Patricia
2004 Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective. Colorado: Westview
American Anthropological Association
2001 Training Manual for Applied Medical Anthropology. Arlington: American Anthropological
Association
Kedia and van Willigen
2005 Applied Anthropology. Domains of Application. Westport:Praeger
Nolan, Riall
2002 Development Anthropology: Encounters in the real world.Boulder,Colo: West view Press
Mathur, Hari M
1989 Anthropology and development in traditional societies. New Delhi, India: Vikas Publishing
House
Van Willigen, John
2002 Applied Anhtropology: An Introduction. 3rd Ed. Westport, Conn.:Bergin and Garvey
Geest, Van Der Sjaak and Whyte, Susan Reynolds (eds.)
1991 The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical
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Syllabus 2008- 2009

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 111 Introductory Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 113 Kinship and Social Organization 3+0 3.0

ANP 115 Belief System 3+0 3.0

BNG 101 Bengali Language 2+2 3.0

SOC 101A Principles of Sociology 3+0 3.0

ANP 100 Viva Voce 2+0 2.0

First Year: Semester II

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 121 Theories of Anthropology –1 4+0 4.0

ANP 123 Bangladesh: History, Society and Culture 4+0 4.0

ECO 103A Principles of Economics 3+0 3.0

PSA 101 Politics and Administration in Bangladesh 4+0 4.0

ENG 101 English Language 2+2 4.0

Second Year: Semester I

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 231 Elements Physical Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 233 Theories of Anthropology-2 4+0 4.0

ANP 235 Economic Anthropology 3+0 3.0

ANP 237 Research Method-1 4+0 4.0

SCW 201 Social Welfare Policy and Programs 3+0 3.0

STA 201 Basic Statistics 4+0 4.0

Second Year: Semester II

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 200 Field Orientation and Presentation 0+4 2.0

ANP 241 Classic Ethnography 3+0 3.0

ANP 243 Political Anthropology 3+0 3.0

ANP 245 Peasant Society 4+0 4.0

CSE 101G Introduction to Computer Application for 2+0 2.0

Third Year: Semester I

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 353 Theories in Anthropology-3 4+0 4.0

ANP 355 South Asian Ethnography 4+0 4.0

ANP 358 Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh 4+0 4.0

CSE 303 Database Management and Programming for 2+4 4.0

Third Year: Semester II

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 360 Viva Voce 0+4 2.0

ANP 361 Aging and Child Rights 4+0 4.0

ANP 363 Language and Culture 4+0 4.0

ANP 365 Development Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 367 Migration & Refugee Issues 4+0 4.0

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 471 Theories in Anthropology-4 4+0 4.0

ANP 473 Research Method -2 4+0 4.0

ANP 475 Social Inequality & Gender Issues 4+0 4.0

ANP 477 Urban Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 479 Legal Anthropology 3+0 3.0

Fourth Year: Semester II

Course no. Course Title Hours/Week Credits

ANP 400 Research Monograph 0+8 4.0

ANP 480 Viva Voce 0 +4 2.0

ANP 483 Environment, Society and Culture 4+0 4.0

ANP 485 Medical Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 487 Applied Anthropology 4+0 4.0

ANP 101 AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (For Sociology)

Anthropology as a field of knowledge, culture, physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, ethnology,

ANP 102 AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY (FOR SOCIAL WORK)

Anthropology as a field of knowledge, culture, physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, ethnology,

ANP 111 INTRODUCTORY ANTHROPOLOGY