Chantal Boulanger-Maloney (January 4, 1957 – December 27, 2004
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anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

who wrote widely on

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

and

Tamil culture Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. The Tamils speak the Tamil language, one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history. Archaeological evidence from the Tamilakam region indicat ...

,In pictures: Saris and temples
- BBC News including on the myriad of ways to wrap a

Sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...

, 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 women anthropologists 20th-century French anthropologists 20th-century French women scientists {{France-anthropologist-stub