The Chik Baraiks of Chotanagpur : A Study on Culture, Bio-Demography and Health/Shyamal Kumar Nandy. Kolkata, Anthropological Survey of India, 2005, xii, 174 p., tables, figs.

    Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. The scope and context of the study: 1. Aim and scope. 2. A note on culture and health. 3. A note on bio-demography and health. 4. Selection of the community. 5. Ethnic affinities of the Chik Baraik. 6. Name and identity of the Chik Baraik. 7. Tribal status. 8. Geographical distribution of the Chik Baraiks. 9. Ecological setting-climate, soil, flora, fauna, mineral resources. II. Method of collection and analysis of data: 1. Collection of data. 2. Selection of the villages and design of fieldwork. 3. Cultural analysis. 4. Bio-demographic analysis. III. Aspects of culture, ecology and health: 1. Material aspects of culture. 2. Socio-religious aspect of culture. 3. Concept of disease and therapeutic practices. IV. Aspects of bio-demography and health: 1. Demographic structure and trends. 2. Fertility pattern. 3. Child-spacing. 4. Mortality. 5. Causes of death. V. Summary and Conclusion. VI. References. VII. Glossary. VIII. Index.

    "This book basically deals with the 'Ethnography of Health' of the Chik Baraik community in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is a study on their culture, bio-demography and health in relation to their ecological settings. Culture has been conceived in the context of mechanism of adaptation to the environment as well as strategies of survival in promoting health and well-being as ingrained in their existing cultural norms and practices. Besides, two essential demographic parameters like fertility and mortality have been taken into consideration as indicators of vital biological events of life in bio-demography." (jacket)

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