Chantal Boulanger-Maloney (January 4, 1957 – December 27, 2004
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An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...
who wrote widely on South India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...
and Tamil culture
Tamil culture is the culture of the Tamil people. Tamil culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Tamils in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and across the globe. Tamil culture is expressed in language, literature, music, dance, the ...
,[In pictures: Saris and temples](_blank)
- BBC News including on the myriad of ways to wrap a Sari
A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include:
* as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO
* bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO
* gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...
, documenting over 100. She lectured in France and the United States on Dravidian India and was an expert on religious beliefs and marriage rituals. She called Tamil Nadu her "spiritual home" and converted to Hinduism, spoke Hindi and Tamil, and was referred to in India by the given name "Sushila". She also wrote a novel The Goddess Justice. She died of a brain aneurism while travelling in Africa.
Publications
* ''Saris : an illustrated guide to the Indian art of draping'', 1997
References
2004 deaths
1957 births
French anthropologists
French women anthropologists
20th-century anthropologists
20th-century French women
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