Anthony Good

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Title	Professor of Social Anthropology in Practice
Affiliation	University of Edinburgh
Email	AGood@ed.ac.uk ; agood@bluenote.demon.co.uk
Mailing Address	Social Anthropology School of Social and Political Studies University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH8 9LL, UK
Phone/Fax Number(s)	Phones: +44-31-650-3941 (office) +44-31-447-5974 (residence) FAX: +44-31-650-3945
Countries of Specialization	India, Sri Lanka
Research Interests	Sociocultural anthropology of South India and Sri Lanka. Legal anthropology. Expert witness on South Asian asylum issues. Social development consultancy. Urban and rural Hinduism in South India. Sustainable community development in South Asia. Domestic life-cycle rituals of birth, puberty, marriage, death. Kinship, caste, religion, development, political asylum. Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Publications	Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (with Alan Barnard) (Academic Press, 1984). The Female Bridegroom (Clarendon Press, 1991). The Ceremonial Economy of a Royal South Indian Temple (Edwin Mellen Press, 2004)
Keywords	Tamilnadu ; Tamil Nadu ; Legal anthropology ; asylum ; Hinduism.