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Egalitarian developmentalism, communist mobilization, and the question of caste in Kerala State, India
Journal of Asian studies • 69 (3) • Published In 2010 • Pages: 799-820
By: Devika, J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the continued marginalization of lower-caste agricultural workers (Dalits) and women in Kerala despite decades of improvements in social services brought about by political mobilization led by the communist party. The upper castes reasserted themselves and, instead of addressing the root causes of caste hierarchy and male domination, Kerala's communist politicians reproduced past inequalities in the name of modernization, secularism and, ironically, equality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Research and development
- Public welfare
- Political parties
- Political movements
- Pressure politics
- Gender status
- Castes
- Inter-community relations
- Avoidance and taboo
- Medical care
- Real property
- Labor supply and employment
- Wages and salaries
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-2008
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Devika
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 816-820)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 43014717
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)