Toward an Ethnosociology of South Asian Caste Systems

Chapters in this book

1. I-XVI I
2. Introduction 1
3. PART ONE: The Standing and the Moving
4. The Rise of Social Anthropology in India (1774-1972): A Historical Appraisal 61
5. Indian Civilization: New Images of the Past for a Developing Nation 85
6. Deified Men and Humanized Gods: Some Folk Bases of Hindu Theology 95
7. Prestations and Prayers: Two Homologous Systems in Northern India 105
8. Power in Hindu Ideology and Practice 133
9. Gods, Kings, and the Caste System in India 159
10. Hierarchy and Equivalence in Jaffna, North Sri Lanka: Normative Codes as Mediator 179
11. Toward an Ethnosociology of South Asian Caste Systems 227
12. Method and Theory in the Sociology of Louis Dumont: A Reply 239
13. Flexibility in Central Indian Kinship and Residence 263
14. PART TWO: The Moving and the Standing
15. Role Analysis and Social Change: With Special Reference to India 287
16. Agricultural Labor Unions: Some Socioeconomic and Political Considerations 309
17. Caste Elements Among the Muslims of Bihar 337
18. Ecological Adaptation to Technology — Ritual Conflict and Leadership Change: The Santal Experience 357
19. The Santalization of the Santals 369
20. Region, Religion, and Language: Parameters of Identity in the Process of Acculturation 383
21. Identity Choice and Caste Ideology in Contemporary South India 393
22. PART THREE: Discussions
23. Symposium: Changing Identities in South Asia 417
24. Epilogue: What Shall We Mean by Changing Identities? 443
25. Biographical Notes 517
26. Index of Names 525
27. Index of Subjects 531