Work, ritual, biography : a Muslim community in North India

On A Weaver Community Of Bārā Banki District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Deepak Mehta. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [273]-277) And Index. This text provides an ethnographic account of a community of Muslim weavers in north India. It analyzes the place of weaving in the Ansari social structure, the work of the women as quilt makers, and the ritual of circumcision - linked by the manner in which the Ansaris represent the body.