Book
Peasant society in Konku: a study of right and left subcastes in south India
University of British Columbia Press • Vancouver • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Beck, Brenda E. F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study on how the internal structure of the several castes, particularly those displaying right/left bifurcation, relate to or function within the various spatial components or 'nesting tiers' of social organization that exist in the Konku region of Tamilnadu (Madras State). Each chapter of the document is organized around one of these components -- the region (NaTu), the administrative territory (naTu), the revenue village (kiramam), the hamlet (ur), and the household (kuTumpan), and these in turn are contrasted with others of the same magnitude. Beck then attempts to show how each of these units then '… can be subsumed under some single, over-arching unit on a higher plane' (p. 1). The document is particularly useful to the researcher for its ethnography, appendices and detailed identification of each informant used by the author. An extensive glossary and bibliography contribute additional value to this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Districts
- Towns
- Cultural participation
- Clans
- Moieties
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tamil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1983: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Konku Region, Tamil Nadu, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brenda E. F. Beck
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-327)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72081828
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tamil (Indic people)