Collected essays /

other_versions_link

Articles on diverse aspects of social transformation in India.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Caste -- India. > Social conditions.-- Villages -- India. > India.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Village studies : Rampura
  • 1. Indian village : myth and reality
  • 2. social system of a Mysore village
  • 3. dominant caste in Rampura
  • 4. study of disputes in an Indian village
  • 5. caste dispute among the washermen of Mysore
  • 6. joint family dispute in a Mysore village
  • 7. case of the potter and the priest
  • Pt. II. Caste and social structure
  • 8. 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. note on sanskritization and westernization
  • 13. cohesive role of sanskritization
  • 14. caste system and its future
  • 15. Caste in modern India
  • Pt. III. Gender
  • 16. changing position of Indian women
  • 17. Some reflections on dowry
  • 18. Culture and human fertility in India
  • Pt. IV. Religion
  • 19. brief note on Ayyappa, the South Indian deity 20. Gandhi's religion
  • 21. social significance of religion in India
  • Pt. 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. dual cultures of independent India
  • 26. Changing institutions and values in modern India
  • Pt. VI. Sociology and social anthropology in India
  • 27. Social anthropology and sociology
  • 28. Sociology in India and its future
  • 29. development of sociology and social anthropology in India
  • Pt. VII. Method
  • 30. Village studies, participant observation and social science research in India
  • 31. fieldworker and the field : a village in Karnataka
  • 32. observer and the observed in the study of cultures
  • 33. 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
  • Pt. VIII. Autobiographical essays
  • 38. My 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.

Similar Items