Download or read book Glimpses of Tribal and Folk Culture written by Chitrasen Pasayat and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional Studies Viewed The Tribal And The Folkculture On The Basis Of Dichotomous Constructions Of Human Society Such As Rural Or Urban, Peasant Or Elite, Tribal Or Non-Tribal, Literate Or Illiterate, Sophisticated Or Unsophisticated And The Like. Such Approach Continues To Influence The Whole Genre Of Writings On Tribal And Folklore Studies Also. In Such A Perspective The Two Worlds Have Been Viewed As Systems With Distinctive And Often Contradistinctive Elements. These Elements Taken Singly Do Not Yield A Pattern Which Would Help Us To Understand Tribal And Folkculture In An Empirical Situation. Uncritical Support To Or Dependence On The Perspective Of Dichotomous Construction To Study Tribal And Folkculture Is An Erroneous Approach. There Are Sound Reasons To Believe And Identify Different Elements Such As Tribal, Rural, Urban Etc. While Studying A Folkculture. Such An Integrated Approach Helps In Understanding The Continuities And/Or Discontinuities Of A Tribal Or Folk Society And Modifications Of Its Various Cultural Elements That Exist In A Given Social Setting. Papers In This Book Have Highlighted The Above Aspects Of Tribal And Folkloristic Studies Which Will Be Immensely Helpful To Researchers And Scholars In This Field.