Book
Rivalry and tribute: society and ritual in a Telegu village in South India
Hindustan Pub.Corp. • Delhi • Published In 1987 • Pages: xvi, 309
By: Tapper, Bruce Elliot.
Abstract
This study describes Telugu village society, ritual life, and the interplay between them. More specifically, the author examines how ritual mediates Telugu caste relationships. While scholars have long discussed caste in terms of hierarchy and patron-client relationships, the author instead focuses on the important role of ritual in constituting the moral underpinnings of mutual responsibility and interdependence that serve to conflate morality and hierarchy. The author examines gender and kin-based social relations that also require the ongoing mediation of ritual. The core ritual practiced at funerals, calendrical celebrations, and agricultural festivals is an act of obeisance to a god acknowledged to have power over an individual, but from which the supplicant expects reciprocity.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2015
- Field Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Date
- 1970-1972
- Coverage Place
- Yatapalem (Pedda Yātapālem), Visakhapatnam (Vishākhapatnam) district, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Notes
- Bruce Elliot Tapper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-271), glossary, and index
- LCCN
- 87904104
- LCSH
- Hinduism--India--Vishākhapatnam (District)--Customs and practices
- Vishākhapatnam (India : District)--Social conditions