Verrier Elwin

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Biographical Information

Verrier Elwin (1902 – 1964) wiki was a self-trained anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist, who began his career in India as a Christian missionary.

Biography

  • Ramchandra Guha, Savaging the Civilized — Verrier Elwin, his tribals and India (University of Chicago Press, 1999).

Criticism

  • Archana Prasad, Against ecological romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the making of an anti-modern tribal identity (Three Essays Collective, 2003).

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