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Konduru : structure and integration in a South Indian village / [by] Paul G. Hiebert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hiebert, Paul G., 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caste--India--Konduru.
- Caste.
- Panchayat--India--Konduru.
- Panchayat.
- Konduru (India)--Social conditions.
- Konduru (India).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1971]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a detailed anthropological description and analysis of life in Konduru, a village in the central part of southern India about one hundred miles south of Hyderabad. The study is based on field work done by Professor Hiebert over a period of severa.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- ONE. SEASONS AND SETTING
- Seasons
- Historical Setting
- TWO. SOCIETAL CATEGORIES
- Social Units
- Resident Castes
- Hindu Varna Castes
- Harijan Castes
- Marginal Castes
- Transient Castes
- Muslim Castes
- THREE. SOCIAL GROUPS
- The Family
- The Local Patrilineage
- The Caste Group
- Associations
- Communities
- Hamlets, Villages, and Towns
- FOUR. STATUS AND POWER
- The Status Structure
- Pollution
- Caste Ranking
- Individual Ranking
- A Model of the Status Structure
- The Power Structure
- Sources of Power
- The Use of Power
- Conflict and Alliance
- Power Change
- FIVE. NETWORKS
- Jajmani
- Begar
- Debt
- Contractual Exchanges
- SIX. PANCHAYATS
- The Nature of Panchayat
- Intracaste Conflicts
- Regional Caste Organizations
- Intercaste Conflicts
- Intervillage Conflicts
- Konduru and the State Government
- Panchayats and Courts
- SEVEN. RITUALS
- Religion
- High Religion
- Low Religion
- Magic
- Rites and Ceremonies
- Confirmatory Rites
- Piacular Rites
- EIGHT. THE CHANGING SCENE
- Changes in Technology
- Changes in Government
- Changing Ideas
- NINE. CONCLUSIONS
- APPENDIXES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Photographs.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-5787-4
- OCLC:
- 233574860
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