In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology and Sociology:

President of the committee:

• Graziella Moraes Dias Da Silva, Associate Professor

Members of the committee:

• Alessandro Monsutti, Professor, Thesis Director
• Graziella Moraes Dias Da Silva, Associate Professor, Internal Reader
• Ranabir Samaddar, Director, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, West Bengal, India