Caste, Class and Power

Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-807743-5
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Reihe: Oxford India Perennials Series

Caste, Class and Power is an intensive study of the changing patterns of social stratification in a multi-caste village in South India, first published in 1965. This village provides the background for this unusual description of contemporary change in a traditional society reacting to outside pressures. It recounts the gradual transformation of a social system that, till the end of the nineteenth century, was structured primarily on distinctions of caste - between the Brahmins, the middle-level non-Brahmins, and the Adi-Dravidas. Beteille shows how the forces of modernization had rendered some areas of village life caste-free, while others were still governed by considerations of caste. The locus of power had shifted from the caste structure to more differentiated institutions such as the panchayats and political parties. With land coming into the market, the distribution of property was disassociated from caste. An intertwining of the still nascent political and economic conditions thus rendered the social system more complex and dynamic.

This third edition comes with a new Introduction by Christopher J. Fuller that situates the book in the context of development of social anthropology and its relevance to the current context.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, and politics, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beteille, Andre

Béteille, André

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Village: Its Physical Structure
3. The Caste Structure
4. Economic Organization and Social Class
5. The Distribution of Power
6. Conclusion: Caste, Class, and Power
References
Epilogue: Village Studies in Retrospect
Appendix 1: The Social Organization of Temples
Appendix II: Tribulations of Field Work
Index

Über Autor(innen)

André Béteille, FBA, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Delhi and National Research Professor.