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The village in India / edited by Vandana Madan.

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropologyPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: x, 477 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0195658205
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.720954 MAD 21
LOC classification:
  • HD2072 .V55 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents Note VANDANA MADAN Introduction1 I-THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES 27; 1. Louis DUMONT The 'Village Community' from Munro to Maine 31; 2. M.N. SRINIVAS The Indian Village: Myth and Reality 51; 3. B.S. COHN The Pasts of an Indian Village 71; 4. F.G. BAILEY Two Villages in Orissa 80; II-CASTE, KINSHIP, LOCALITY, AND GENDER 101; 5. YOGENDRA SINGH Chanukhera: Cultural Change in Eastern Uttar Pradesh 105; 6. HAROLD A. GOULD A Jajmani System of North India: Its Structure, Magnitude, and Meaning 126; 7. HELEN LAMBERT Caste, Gender, and Locality in Rural Rajasthan 144; III-ECONOMY AND SURVIVAL 161; 8. JOAN P. MENCHER A Tamil Village: Changing Socio-economic Structure in Madras State 165; 9. KARIN KAPADIA Every Blade of Green: Landless Women Labourers, Production, and Reproduction 182; 10. JEAN DRtZE Palanpur, 1957-93: Occupational Change, Land Ownership, and Social Inequality 203 IV-POWER AND POLITICS 223; 11. ANDRE BtTEILLE The Distribution of Power 227; 12. ANAND CHAKRAVARTI The Statutory Panchayat 238; 13. AMITA BAVISKAR Community and the Politics of Honour 252; V-RELIGION, CULTURE, AND IDEOLOGY 267; 14. C.J. FULLER Rituals of the Village 271; 15. T.N. MADAN The Social Construction of Cultural Identities in Rural Kashmir 298; 16. ANN GOLD Multiple Settings 326; VI-DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE 345; 17. S.C. DUBE A Rural Development Project in Action 351; 18. SUSAN WADLEY 'The Domination of Indira' 373; 19. DAVID HARDIMAN Farming in the Forest: The Dangs 1830-1992 391; 20. MARTHA ALTER CHEN Widowhood and Well-Being in -- AND J. DREZE Rural North India 417.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Note
VANDANA MADAN
Introduction1
I-THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES 27;
1. Louis DUMONT The 'Village Community' from Munro to Maine 31;
2. M.N. SRINIVAS The Indian Village: Myth and Reality 51;
3. B.S. COHN The Pasts of an Indian Village 71;
4. F.G. BAILEY Two Villages in Orissa 80;
II-CASTE, KINSHIP, LOCALITY, AND GENDER 101;
5. YOGENDRA SINGH Chanukhera: Cultural Change in Eastern Uttar Pradesh 105;
6. HAROLD A. GOULD A Jajmani System of North India: Its Structure, Magnitude, and Meaning 126;
7. HELEN LAMBERT Caste, Gender, and Locality in Rural Rajasthan 144;
III-ECONOMY AND SURVIVAL 161;
8. JOAN P. MENCHER A Tamil Village: Changing Socio-economic Structure in Madras State 165;
9. KARIN KAPADIA Every Blade of Green: Landless Women Labourers, Production, and Reproduction 182;
10. JEAN DRtZE Palanpur, 1957-93: Occupational Change, Land Ownership, and Social Inequality 203
IV-POWER AND POLITICS 223;
11. ANDRE BtTEILLE The Distribution of Power 227;
12. ANAND CHAKRAVARTI The Statutory Panchayat 238;
13. AMITA BAVISKAR Community and the Politics of Honour 252;
V-RELIGION, CULTURE, AND IDEOLOGY 267;
14. C.J. FULLER Rituals of the Village 271;
15. T.N. MADAN The Social Construction of Cultural Identities in Rural Kashmir 298;
16. ANN GOLD Multiple Settings 326;
VI-DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE 345;
17. S.C. DUBE A Rural Development Project in Action 351;
18. SUSAN WADLEY 'The Domination of Indira' 373;
19. DAVID HARDIMAN Farming in the Forest: The Dangs 1830-1992 391;
20. MARTHA ALTER CHEN Widowhood and Well-Being in -- AND J. DREZE Rural North India 417.

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