Dr. Brenda E.F. Beck (born c. 1940), also known as Brindha Beck, is a Canadian anthropologist and exporter of Tamil culture.[1] She has published eight books and authored over sixty journal articles and is a key figure in raising awareness of Tamil culture in Toronto, Canada, where many Tamil Indians settled after the Tamil Diaspora. She lived in Olapalayam near Kangayam for two years in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She spent two years there for her doctorate in anthropology, awarded by the University of Oxford (Somerville College). The title of the thesis was Social and conceptual order in Koṅku.[2] She published her research in a book under the title of Peasant Society in Koňku.
She is an adjunct professor in Anthropology department in the field of South Asian folklore at the University of Toronto Scarborough.[3]
- ^ Rao, Subha J. (February 6, 2015). "When Brenda became Brindha". The Hindu. COIMBATORE. Retrieved Sep 12, 2016.
- ^ Beck, Brenda E. F. (1968). Social and conceptual order in Koṅku (Thesis). University of Oxford.
- ^ "Status Only Appointments, Anthropology". University of Toronto. Retrieved Sep 16, 2016.