A South Indian Subcaste: Social Organization and Religion of the Pramalai Kallar (French Studies on South Asian Culture and Society)
This is the first English translation of the classic work by Louis Dumont, one of the premier anthropologists and social theorists of his generation. Dumont traces the history and distribution of the Pramalai Kallars of south India: their culture, agricultural practices, economic and political...
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This is the first English translation of the classic work by Louis Dumont, one of the premier anthropologists and social theorists of his generation. Dumont traces the history and distribution of the Pramalai Kallars of south India: their culture, agricultural practices, economic and political organization, and the collective representations embedded in their social organization and religion. This work is particularly noteworthy as a structuralist ethnography and as the first step in Dumont's construction of a comprehensive structuralist theory of traditional Indian society.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780195617856 (0195617851)
ASIN: 0195617851
Publish date: 1986-12-18
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 525
Edition language: English