Download or read book La maison au Tirunelveli Inde du Sud written by M. Louise Reiniche and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tamil Brahmans written by C. J. Fuller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tamil Brahmans were a traditional, mainly rural, high-caste elite who have been transformed into a modern, urban, middle-class community since the late nineteenth century. Many Tamil Brahmans today are in professional and managerial occupations, such as engineering and information technology; most of them live in Chennai and other Tamilnadu towns, but others have migrated to the rest of India and overseas. This book, which is mainly based on the authors ethnographic research, describes and analyses this transformation. It is also a study of how and why the Tamil Brahmans privileged status within a hierarchical society has been perpetuated in the face of both a strong anti-Brahman movement in Tamilnadu, and a series of wider social, cultural, economic, political, and ideological changes that might have been expected to undermine their position completely. The major topics discussed include Brahman rural society, urban migration and urban ways of life, education and employment, the position of women, and religion and culture. The Tamil Brahmans class position, including the internal division into the upper- and lower-middle classes, and the process of class reproduction, are examined closely to analyze the congruence between Tamil Brahmanhood and middle classness, which as comparison with other Brahman and non-Brahman groups shows is highly unusual in contemporary India."
Download or read book The Renewal of the Priesthood written by C. J. Fuller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has changed for the priests at the Minakshi Temple, one of the most famous Hindu temples in India. In The Renewal of the Priesthood, C. J. Fuller traces their improving fortunes over the past 25 years. This fluidly written book is unique in showing that traditionalism and modernity are actually reinforcing each other among these priests, a process in which the state has played a crucial role. Since the mid-1980s, growing urban affluence has seen more people spend more money on rituals in the Minakshi Temple, which is in the southern city of Madurai. The priests have thus become better-off, and some have also found new earnings opportunities in temples as far away as America. During the same period, due partly to growing Hindu nationalism in India, the Tamilnadu state government's religious policies have become more favorable toward Hinduism and Brahman temple priests. More priests' sons now study in religious schools where they learn authoritative Sanskrit ritual texts by heart, and overall educational standards have markedly improved. Fuller shows that the priests have become more "professional" and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. He concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. In showing how the priests are authentic representatives of modern India, this book tells a story whose significance extends far beyond the confines of the Minakshi Temple itself.
Download or read book Ritual Caste and Religion in Colonial South India written by Michael Bergunder and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume "Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South Asia" edited by Michael Bergunder, Heiko Frese, and Ulrike Schroder focuses on South India during the colonial period in the 19th and 20th century. The study's purpose is to explore the impact that notions of ritual, caste, and religion had on Indian society during the time. The various authors give detailed analyses of Tamil and Telugu sources, emphasizing the historical background by accenting the newly established print media of the time. They show how these concepts played a crucial role in the formation of social, cultural, and religious identities, and with this vitally contribute to the history of colonisation in India.
Download or read book The Untouchables of India written by Robert Deliège and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book addresses the problem of untouchability by providing an overview of the subject as well as penetrating insights into its social and religious origins. The author persuasively demonstrates that untouchability is a deeply ambiguous condition: neither inside nor outside society, reviled yet indispensable, untouchables constitute an original category of social exclusion." "The situation of untouchables is crucial to the understanding of caste dynamics, especially in contemporary circumstances, but emphasis, particularly within anthropology, has been placed on the dominant aspects of the caste system rather than on those marginalized and excluded from it. This book redresses this problem and represents a vital contribution to studies of India, Hinduism, human rights, sociology, and anthropology."--Jacket
Download or read book The Makers of the World written by Jan Brouwer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a full-length study of a single caste - the artisan caste of the Visvakarma. The Visvakarna comprise smaller divisions of sub castes of the blacksmiths, carpenters, goldsmiths, sculptors and coppersmiths. The book is divided into five parts. Part one discusses the theme of the book and its theoretical and ethnographical perspectives. Part two describes Visvakarma crafts in detail. The supply of raw materials the processes of manufacture, the delivery of finished products, and the rituals which accompany the various phases of a craft. Part three begins with an interesting geological, geographical and historical account of the state of Kamataka; the regional back drop of the book. This is followed by the 'ideal' of caste and the 'reality' of their fragmentation of sub castes. This part ends with an analysis and an interestingdiscussion of the mythology of the origins of the Visvakarmas. Part four describes the Visvakarma sub-castes of southern Kamataka, central Kamataka and northern Kamataka. Part five brings the different parts of the book together in conclusion.
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Download or read book The World of the untouchables written by Robert Deliège and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of untouchability in caste India. Originally published in French, it combines scholarship with field work among the most shudra (Untouchable) community within the caste hierarchy in India: the Paraiyars of Tamil Nadu. Robert Deliege discusses both the historiography of writing on the caste as well as the vivid reality of caste discrimination in practice. Dr Ambedkar's life and work, and policies and programmes of positive discrimination are all explored.
Download or read book Senri Ethnological Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book L espace du temple Espaces itin raires m diations written by Jean-Claude Galey and published by Editions de L'Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales. This book was released on 1985 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book At the Confluence of Two Rivers written by Jackie Assayag and published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relations Between Hindus And Muslims Deteriorated Considerably In Some Parts Of India During The 1980S, Drawing To It The Legitimate, If Some What Exaggerated Attention Of The World.This Study Does Not Treat Hindus And Muslims As Separate Communities, But Aims To Explore The Numerous Ways In Which They Come Together Or Move Apart. The Objective Of This Deliberatly `Discontinuistic Approach Is To Diversify The Context And Temporality Within Which The Interactions Between Hindus And Muslims Acquire Meaning And Weight.
Download or read book Coromandel Fishermen written by Paktavatcala Pārati and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study covers Pondicherry Union Territory.
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