Anthropology short notes · Paper 2

Inter-play of little and great traditions

Inter-play of little and great traditions

Part of Indigenous and exogenous processes of socio-cultural change in Indian society

Short notes

Inter-play of little and great traditions

Definition

Inter-play of little and great traditions

Example / case study

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