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An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity.

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'Essential reading for Indianists and those engaged in the comparative study of modernity, be they anthropologists, historians, or sociologists' -- Ethnos
'This comprehensive ethnographic study by two social anthropologists of a community in the southern Indian state of Kerala provides a deep understanding of Keralite society, setting it within a complex analytical framework that goes far beyond most previous literature on the area.' -- International Review of Social History

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Working for Progress
3. Marriage and Mobility
4. Consumption: Promises of Escape
5. Religion as a Tool for Mobility
6. Mobility and Power
7. Micropolitics, or the Political in the Personal
8. Conclusions
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Social Mobility in Kerala Modernity and Identity

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/12/2000
      ISBN13: 9780745316932, 978-0745316932
      ISBN10: 074531693X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity.

      Trade Review
      'Essential reading for Indianists and those engaged in the comparative study of modernity, be they anthropologists, historians, or sociologists' -- Ethnos
      'This comprehensive ethnographic study by two social anthropologists of a community in the southern Indian state of Kerala provides a deep understanding of Keralite society, setting it within a complex analytical framework that goes far beyond most previous literature on the area.' -- International Review of Social History

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Preface
      1. Introduction
      2. Working for Progress
      3. Marriage and Mobility
      4. Consumption: Promises of Escape
      5. Religion as a Tool for Mobility
      6. Mobility and Power
      7. Micropolitics, or the Political in the Personal
      8. Conclusions
      Glossary
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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