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This work is based on ethnographic research in three communities in Kerala, India, which sent large numbers of workers to the Middle East for temporary jobs. It explores the factors responsible for the striking differences in the groups' patterns of migration and migration-induced social change.

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Ethnicity and International Migration
2. The Kaleidoscope of Ethnicity: Religion, Status, and Gender
3. Colonialism and Ethnogenesis
4. The Middle Eastern Migration from Kerala
5. Ethnicity and Migration in Veni: Strengthening Solidarity and the Joint Family
6. Ethnicity and Migration in Cherur: The Decastification of Status
7. Ethnicity and Migration in Kembu: Strengthening the Nuclear Family and Women
8. The Ethnic Kaleidoscope and International Migration Revisited
Notes
Glossary
References
Index

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/08/2002
      ISBN13: 9780813530895, 978-0813530895
      ISBN10: 081353089X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work is based on ethnographic research in three communities in Kerala, India, which sent large numbers of workers to the Middle East for temporary jobs. It explores the factors responsible for the striking differences in the groups' patterns of migration and migration-induced social change.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgments
      1. Ethnicity and International Migration
      2. The Kaleidoscope of Ethnicity: Religion, Status, and Gender
      3. Colonialism and Ethnogenesis
      4. The Middle Eastern Migration from Kerala
      5. Ethnicity and Migration in Veni: Strengthening Solidarity and the Joint Family
      6. Ethnicity and Migration in Cherur: The Decastification of Status
      7. Ethnicity and Migration in Kembu: Strengthening the Nuclear Family and Women
      8. The Ethnic Kaleidoscope and International Migration Revisited
      Notes
      Glossary
      References
      Index

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