Tamil brahmans : the making of a middle-class caste / C. J. Fuller, Haripriya Narasimhan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, C. J. (Christopher John), 1949- author.

Narasimhan, Haripriya, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brahmans--India--Tamil Nadu--Social conditions.

Brahmans.

Tamil (Indic people)--India--Tamil Nadu--Social conditions.

Tamil (Indic people).

Middle class--India--Tamil Nadu.

Middle class.

Caste--India--Tamil Nadu.

Caste.

Social conditions.

India--Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu (India)--Social conditions.

Tamil Nadu (India).

Brahmans--Social conditions.

Social history.

Tamil (Indic people)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Summary:

A cruise along the streets of Chennai-or Silicon Valley-filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India, in the twenty-first century, Indians have acquired a new kind of global visibility, one of rapid economic advancement and, in the information technology industry, spectacular prowess. In this book, C. J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan examine one particularly striking group that has taken part in this development: Tamil Brahmans-a formerly traditional, rural, high-caste elite who have transformed themselves into a new middle-class caste in India, the United States, and elsewhere. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The village: caste, land, and emigration to the city

Education and employment in the colonial period

Education and employment after independence

The changing position of women

Urban ways of life

Religion, music, and dance

Tamil brahmans as a middle-class caste.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index.

ISBN:

9780226152608

022615260X

9780226152745

022615274X

OCLC:

864676625