Edmund Ronald Leach, E. R. Leach

Aspects of Caste in South India, Ceylon and North-West Pakistan

Herausgeber: Leach, E. R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book endeavours to test two opposing arguments about the meaning of the term caste.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780521096645
• ISBN-10: 0521096642
• Artikelnr.: 28532696

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors to this issue
Note on the spelling of caste names
Preface
Introduction: what should we mean by caste? E. R. Leach
Caste in a Tanjore village E. Kathleen Gough
Caste in Jaffna Michael Banks
The flexibility of caste principles in a Kandyan community Nur Yalman
The system of social stratification in Swat, North Pakistan Fredrik Barth
Bibliography
Map 1: General map showing the location of Tanjore, Jaffna, 'Terutenne' and Swat
Map 2: Map of Tanjore district
Map 3: Sketch-map of Kumbapettai
Map 4: Map of Ceylon
Fig. 1: Kinship diagram: the Potters of Terutenne
Fig. 2: Castes and occupations in Worejo
Fig. 3: The organization of agricultural activities in Swat: services and renumeration
Fig. 4: The caste composition of four Swat villages
Fig. 5: The hierarchy of castes in Swat.