This book examines two subordinated groups??untouchables? and women?in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of ?untouchable? women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity?gender, caste, and class?are constructed in South India. Karin Kapadia argues that subordinated groups do not internalize the values of their masters but instead reject them in innumerable subtle ways.Kapadia contends that elites who hold economic power do not dominate the symbolic means of production. Looking at the everyday practices,…mehr
This book examines two subordinated groups??untouchables? and women?in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of ?untouchable? women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity?gender, caste, and class?are constructed in South India. Karin Kapadia argues that subordinated groups do not internalize the values of their masters but instead reject them in innumerable subtle ways.Kapadia contends that elites who hold economic power do not dominate the symbolic means of production. Looking at the everyday practices, rituals, and cultural discourses of Tamil low castes, she shows how their cultural values repudiate the norms of Brahminical elites. She also demonstrates that caste and class processes cannot be fully addressed without considering their interrelationship with gender.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
KARIN KAPADIA is on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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List of Tables and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Key to Kinship Notation Part One: The Politics of Cultural Contestation Introduction: The "Untouchable" Rejection of Hegemony and False Consciousness Forms of Resistance The Relevance of a Critical Feminist Theory The Politics of Culture The Socioeconomic Background Classes Within Castes "Kinship Burns!" Kinship Discourses and Gender The Categories of Tamil Kinship The Mother's Brother Affinal Kin and Patrilineal Kin The Concept of the Blood-Bond Mother's Brother Astrology and Divination at Childbirth The Blood-Bond and Non-Brahmin "Matrilateralism " The Exchange of Blood Implications of the Blood-Bond What Kinship Connotes "Kinship Burns!" Marrying Money: Changing Preference and Practice in Tamil Marriage Non-Brahmin and Brahmin Marriage Preferences and Their Implications The Traditional Contexts of Non-Brahmin and Brahmin Marriage The Advantages to Non-Brahmin Women in Close- Kin Marriage The Bilaterality of Traditional Non-Brahmin Kinship Changing Contexts: From Close-Kin Marriage to Non-Kin Marriage Marriage Strategies Today: Statistics on Marriage Practices in Aruloor and Their Implications Conclusion Blood Across the Stars: Astrology and the Construction of Gender Astrology and Cultural Contestation The Menstruation-Horoscope The Portents of a Horoscope Horoscopes and the Patterns of Male Control Astrological Problems in a Horoscope Naga Dosham Dosham and Karmam Conclusion: Astrology and the Construction of Gender The Vulnerability of Power: Puberty Rituals Pallar Puberty Rituals Muthurajah Puberty Rituals Christian Paraiyar Puberty Rituals Vellan Chettiar Puberty Rituals Telugu Brahmin Puberty Rituals The Effect of Menstrual-Horoscopes on Family and Kin Conclusion: Inauspiciousness Gender and Kinship Dancing the Goddess: Possession Caste and Gender Types of Possession Temporary or Spontaneous Possession Institutionalized Possession Possession During the Process of "Wearing Alaku " Possession and Caste Possession and Belief Possession and Gender Part Two: The Politics of Everyday Life "Beware It Sticks!" Discourses of Gender and Caste Brahmin Discourse: The Sin of Menstruation Lower-Caste Discourses of Gender and Sexuality Discourses Regarding "Untouchable" Impurity Pallar Rejections of Ritual Impurity Consensual Versus Competing Discourses Part Three: Gender and Production Politics Pauperizing the Rural Poor: Landlessness in Aruloor Kinds of Land Tenure in Aruloor Land Reform Legislation The Implications of the Land Reforms and of Caste for Landlessness Every Blade of Green: Landless Women Laborers Production and Reproduction Recruitment to and Organization of Domestic Labor Differential Wage-Contributions to the Household Pallar Men and Technological Change The Sexual Division of Labor Payment for Agricultural Work The Profits of Production and Ideologies of Reproduction Discipline and Control: Labor Contracts and Rural Female Labor Changes in the Mode of Employment Recruitment and Organization of Female Waged Labor Recruitment to Daily Wages Work Recruitment to Piece- Rate Contract Work The Constitution of Contract Work-Groups The Struggle for Work Workers' Awareness of Collective Interests Mutuality and Competition: Women Landless Laborers and Wage Rates Rudra's Model The Socioeconomic Context The Process of Wage Negotiations Segmentation of the Labor Market Conclusion In God's Eyes: Gender Caste and Class in Aruloor References. About the Book and Author Index
List of Tables and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Key to Kinship Notation Part One: The Politics of Cultural Contestation Introduction: The "Untouchable" Rejection of Hegemony and False Consciousness Forms of Resistance The Relevance of a Critical Feminist Theory The Politics of Culture The Socioeconomic Background Classes Within Castes "Kinship Burns!" Kinship Discourses and Gender The Categories of Tamil Kinship The Mother's Brother Affinal Kin and Patrilineal Kin The Concept of the Blood-Bond Mother's Brother Astrology and Divination at Childbirth The Blood-Bond and Non-Brahmin "Matrilateralism " The Exchange of Blood Implications of the Blood-Bond What Kinship Connotes "Kinship Burns!" Marrying Money: Changing Preference and Practice in Tamil Marriage Non-Brahmin and Brahmin Marriage Preferences and Their Implications The Traditional Contexts of Non-Brahmin and Brahmin Marriage The Advantages to Non-Brahmin Women in Close- Kin Marriage The Bilaterality of Traditional Non-Brahmin Kinship Changing Contexts: From Close-Kin Marriage to Non-Kin Marriage Marriage Strategies Today: Statistics on Marriage Practices in Aruloor and Their Implications Conclusion Blood Across the Stars: Astrology and the Construction of Gender Astrology and Cultural Contestation The Menstruation-Horoscope The Portents of a Horoscope Horoscopes and the Patterns of Male Control Astrological Problems in a Horoscope Naga Dosham Dosham and Karmam Conclusion: Astrology and the Construction of Gender The Vulnerability of Power: Puberty Rituals Pallar Puberty Rituals Muthurajah Puberty Rituals Christian Paraiyar Puberty Rituals Vellan Chettiar Puberty Rituals Telugu Brahmin Puberty Rituals The Effect of Menstrual-Horoscopes on Family and Kin Conclusion: Inauspiciousness Gender and Kinship Dancing the Goddess: Possession Caste and Gender Types of Possession Temporary or Spontaneous Possession Institutionalized Possession Possession During the Process of "Wearing Alaku " Possession and Caste Possession and Belief Possession and Gender Part Two: The Politics of Everyday Life "Beware It Sticks!" Discourses of Gender and Caste Brahmin Discourse: The Sin of Menstruation Lower-Caste Discourses of Gender and Sexuality Discourses Regarding "Untouchable" Impurity Pallar Rejections of Ritual Impurity Consensual Versus Competing Discourses Part Three: Gender and Production Politics Pauperizing the Rural Poor: Landlessness in Aruloor Kinds of Land Tenure in Aruloor Land Reform Legislation The Implications of the Land Reforms and of Caste for Landlessness Every Blade of Green: Landless Women Laborers Production and Reproduction Recruitment to and Organization of Domestic Labor Differential Wage-Contributions to the Household Pallar Men and Technological Change The Sexual Division of Labor Payment for Agricultural Work The Profits of Production and Ideologies of Reproduction Discipline and Control: Labor Contracts and Rural Female Labor Changes in the Mode of Employment Recruitment and Organization of Female Waged Labor Recruitment to Daily Wages Work Recruitment to Piece- Rate Contract Work The Constitution of Contract Work-Groups The Struggle for Work Workers' Awareness of Collective Interests Mutuality and Competition: Women Landless Laborers and Wage Rates Rudra's Model The Socioeconomic Context The Process of Wage Negotiations Segmentation of the Labor Market Conclusion In God's Eyes: Gender Caste and Class in Aruloor References. About the Book and Author Index
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