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The internal structure of the Nayar castearticle 1975 • Fuller, C. J.
Kerala • Asia > South Asia
This document reassesses the internal divisions and functions of the Nayar caste system. Earlier ethnographers tended to exaggerate the number of Nayar castes and sub-castes. The structures of the system consisted of an analytically distinguishable c...Kerala Christians and the caste systemarticle 1976 • Fuller, C. J.
Kerala • Asia > South Asia
Kerala communities have been long divided primarily along caste and religious lines. This article discusses the ways long-standing Hindu caste principles have functioned within two non-Hindu religions, Islam and Christianity, with a focus on caste pr...