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Social Mobility in Kerala
Filippo Osella
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Description for Social Mobility in Kerala
Paperback. An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
The Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas were associated with other manual-labouring untouchable castes. In recent decades they have sought to improve their position by accumulating economic, symbolic and cultural capital through employment, religion, politics, migration, marriage, education and have tried to assert their right to mobility, often in the face of opposition from their high status Christian and Nayar neighbours.
This study examines how Izhavas, through repudiation ... Read more
The Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas were associated with other manual-labouring untouchable castes. In recent decades they have sought to improve their position by accumulating economic, symbolic and cultural capital through employment, religion, politics, migration, marriage, education and have tried to assert their right to mobility, often in the face of opposition from their high status Christian and Nayar neighbours.
This study examines how Izhavas, through repudiation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745316932
SKU
V9780745316932
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About Filippo Osella
Filippo Osella is the Professor Of Anthropology And South Asian Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Social Mobility in Kerala (Pluto Press, 2000) and the editor of Religion and the morality of the market (CUP, 2017). Caroline Osella is a Reader in Anthropology with a specialism in South Asia. She teaches ... Read more
Reviews for Social Mobility in Kerala
'Essential reading for Indianists and those engaged in the comparative study of modernity, be they anthropologists, historians, or sociologists'
Ethnos 'This comprehensive ethnographic study by two social anthropologists of a community in the southern Indian state of Kerala provides a deep understanding of Keralite society, setting it within a complex analytical framework that goes far beyond most previous literature ... Read more
Ethnos 'This comprehensive ethnographic study by two social anthropologists of a community in the southern Indian state of Kerala provides a deep understanding of Keralite society, setting it within a complex analytical framework that goes far beyond most previous literature ... Read more