swap_horiz N. K. Bose Alternatives

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James C. Scott

James C. Scott was an American political anthropologist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University....

American Resistance Political Anthropology

8.9 Great

2

M. N. Srinivas

M. N. Srinivas was a prominent Indian sociologist and social anthropologist who profoundly shaped the study of Indian so...

India Social Sociology Past

8.1 Great

3

Sally Engle Merry

Sally Engle Merry was an American anthropologist and a professor at New York University. Her research focused on legal a...

American Human Rights Legal Anthropology

8.0 Great

4

Marc Auge

Marc Augé was a prominent French anthropologist and ethnologist who served as the director of the École des Hautes Étude...

France Urban Anthropology Modernity

7.8 Good

5

Jean Briggs

Jean Briggs was a Canadian-American anthropologist recognized for her extensive ethnographic fieldwork among Inuit commu...

Emotion Canadian Anthropology Past

7.8 Good

6

G. S. Ghurye

Govind Sadashiv Ghurye was a pioneering Indian academic recognized as a foundational figure in the fields of Indian soci...

India Sociology Anthropology Past

7.6 Good

7

Frances Densmore

Frances Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist dedicated to documenting and preserving Native Ame...

American Native American Anthropology Past

7.3 Good

8

Irawati Karve

Irawati Karve was a prominent Indian anthropologist and sociologist who taught at Deccan College in Pune. She is recogni...

India Kinship Sociology Anthropology

7.3 Good

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Jane Ellen Harrison

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928) was a prominent British classical scholar and linguist who played a foundational role in...

British Ritual Anthropology Past

7.3 Good

10

Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf

Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was an Austrian ethnologist who became a leading authority on South Asian tri...

Austrian India Social Tribal

7.2 Good

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Robert Hertz

Robert Hertz was a French sociologist and anthropologist, closely associated with Émile Durkheim and the Année Sociologi...

France Anthropology Religion Past

7.2 Good

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Gladys Reichard

Gladys Reichard (1893-1955) was an American anthropologist and linguist who made significant contributions to the study...

American Anthropology Past Linguistic

7.2 Good

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Kirin Narayan

Kirin Narayan is an anthropologist and author whose academic work integrates ethnography with the literary study of stor...

Narrative American India Anthropology

7.2 Good

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Kathleen Gough

Kathleen Gough was a British anthropologist recognized for her extensive research on kinship and social structures in So...

India Social Kinship Marxist

7.1 Good

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Gerald Berreman

Gerald Berreman was an American cultural anthropologist known for ethnographic research in the Himalayan region of India...

American India Cultural Past

7.1 Good

16

Jesse Walter Fewkes

Jesse Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, and ethnologist whose research focused on Indigenous...

American Archaeology Southwest Anthropology

7.1 Good

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Beatrice Medicine

Beatrice Medicine was a Lakota anthropologist, educator, and author who specialized in Native American studies. Born at...

American Native American Anthropology Past

7.1 Good

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S. C. Dube

S. C. Dube, or Shyama Charan Dube (1922-1996), was an Indian anthropologist and sociologist whose work examined rural an...

India Development Anthropology Past

6.9 Fair

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Ruth Underhill

Ruth Underhill was an American anthropologist known for research and writing on the Tohono O’odham, formerly called the...

American Applied Native American Anthropology

6.9 Fair

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Verrier Elwin

Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was a British-born anthropologist and ethnologist who studied the cultures and religious life...

India British Anthropology Tribal

6.8 Fair