Collected essays / M.N. Srinivas ; with a foreword by A.M. Shah.

By:

Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar

Publication details: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.Description: xx, 733 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

019565174X

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Essays. Selections

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LOC classification:

301 SRI .S67 2002

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Contents:

CONTENS PART I: VILLAGE STUDIES: RAMPURA; 1. The Indian Village: Myth and Reality 2. The Social System of a Mysore Village; 3. The Dominant Caste in Rampura 4. The Study of Disputes in an Indian Village 5. A Caste Dispute among the Washermen of Mysore 6. A Joint Family Dispute in a Mysore Village 7. The Case of the Potter and the Priest PART II: CASTE AND SOCIAL STRUCRURE 8. The Evolution of Caste in India 9. Varna and Caste 10. Some Reflections on the Nature of Caste Hierarchy \ .. 11. Mobility in the Caste System; 12. A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization; 13. The Cohesive Role of Sanskritization; 14. The Caste System and Its Future; 15. Caste in Modern India PART III: GENDER 16. The Changing Position of Indian Women 17. Some Reflections on Dowry; 18. Culture and Human Fertility in India; PART-IV: RELIGION; 19. A Brief Note on Ayyappa, the South Indian Deity; 20. Gandhi's Religion 21. The Social Significance of Religion in India PART V: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA 22. On Living in a Revolution; 23. Nation-Building in Independent India; 24. Science, Technology and Rural Development in India; 25. The Dual Cultures of Independent India; 26. Changing Institutions and Values in Modern India; PART VI: SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDIA; 27. Social Anthropology and Sociology; 28. Sociology in India and Its Future; 29. The Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India; PART VII: METHOD; 30. Village Studies, Participant Observation and Social Science Research in India; 31. The Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Karnataka; 32. The Observer and the Observed in the Study of Cultures; 33. The Insider versus The Outsider in the Study of Cultures; 34. Participant Observation; 35. Studying One's Own Culture: Some Thoughts; 36. Indian Anthropologists and the Study of Indian Culture; 37. Social Anthropology and Literary Sensibility; PART VIII: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS; 38. M/ Baroda Days; 39. Sociology in Delhi; 40. Itineraries of an Indian Social Anthropologist; 41. Practising Social Anthropology in India; 42. All is Not Lost if Your Plans Go Awry ; Afterword: An Interview with M.N. Srinivas; References; Index

Summary: Articles on diverse aspects of social transformation in India.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [714]-725) and index.

CONTENS
PART I: VILLAGE STUDIES: RAMPURA;
1. The Indian Village: Myth and Reality
2. The Social System of a Mysore Village;
3. The Dominant Caste in Rampura
4. The Study of Disputes in an Indian Village
5. A Caste Dispute among the Washermen of Mysore
6. A Joint Family Dispute in a Mysore Village
7. The Case of the Potter and the Priest
PART II: CASTE AND SOCIAL STRUCRURE
8. The Evolution of Caste in India
9. Varna and Caste
10. Some Reflections on the Nature of Caste Hierarchy \ ..
11. Mobility in the Caste System;
12. A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization;
13. The Cohesive Role of Sanskritization;
14. The Caste System and Its Future;
15. Caste in Modern India
PART III: GENDER
16. The Changing Position of Indian Women
17. Some Reflections on Dowry;
18. Culture and Human Fertility in India;
PART-IV: RELIGION;
19. A Brief Note on Ayyappa, the South Indian Deity;
20. Gandhi's Religion
21. The Social Significance of Religion in India
PART V: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA
22. On Living in a Revolution;
23. Nation-Building in Independent India;
24. Science, Technology and Rural Development in India;
25. The Dual Cultures of Independent India;
26. Changing Institutions and Values in Modern India;
PART VI: SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDIA;
27. Social Anthropology and Sociology;
28. Sociology in India and Its Future;
29. The Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India;
PART VII: METHOD;
30. Village Studies, Participant Observation and Social Science Research in India;
31. The Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Karnataka;
32. The Observer and the Observed in the Study of Cultures;
33. The Insider versus The Outsider in the Study of Cultures;
34. Participant Observation;
35. Studying One's Own Culture: Some Thoughts;
36. Indian Anthropologists and the Study of Indian Culture;
37. Social Anthropology and Literary Sensibility;
PART VIII: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS;
38. M/ Baroda Days;
39. Sociology in Delhi;
40. Itineraries of an Indian Social Anthropologist;
41. Practising Social Anthropology in India;
42. All is Not Lost if Your Plans Go Awry ;
Afterword: An Interview with M.N. Srinivas;
References;
Index

Articles on diverse aspects of social transformation in India.

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