Book
Social revolution in a Kerala village: a study in culture change
Asia Publishing House • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages:
By: Aiyappan, A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following the formation of Kerala in 1956, a series of social reforms were implemented that were designed to improve the welfare of lower-caste groups previously deemed "untouchable" by the culturally and politically dominant Brahmin and Nayar castes. One involved the opening up of temples, government offices, commercial cinemas, and related public spaces to members of all caste groups. Although the reforms greatly reduced—and in some cases even abolished—the most problematic aspects of caste life, this study shows the rise of new processes and drivers reinforcing preexisting caste-based affiliations and related ideologies. The most important of these were the local and, in some cases, regional organization of political parties along caste and, to some extent, religious lines.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Political movements
- Political parties
- Pressure politics
- Prophets and ascetics
- Priesthood
- Avoidance and taboo
- Real property
- Renting and leasing
- External relations
- Government regulation
- Education system
- Educational theory and methods
- Research and development
- Public health and sanitation
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1793-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- A. Aiyappan
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65016050
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Villages--India--Kerala
- Villages--India--Case studies
- Kerala (India)--Social conditions