Book
Konduru: structure and integration in a South Indian village
University of Minnesota Press • Minneapolis • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Hiebert, Paul G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive account of 84 castes in "Konduru" (Amrabad) and surrounding villages situated on a plateau, with some transient and some permanent residents. For the purposes of this study, castes are conceptualized as subcultures, each with specific rights, occupations, deities, names, and unique customs. Other social groups examined include the family, local patrilineage, and entertainment associations such as singing and drama groups that perform at religious festivals for patrons. The symbolic importance of food exchange and pollution in maintaining caste boundaries are also discussed. A rank model of status is put forward, based on caste, and on personal wealth and power. Wealth from land and trade are converted to prestige through acts of generosity. Power is gained by political leaders mediating inter-caste conflict in village councils. The economic system involves land owning castes with their network of castes providing essential goods and services, the system of local administration, and what are termed "high" and "low" religion, magic, and rites of passage.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Status, role, and prestige
- Castes
- Social relationships and groups
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Telugu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Amrabad (Amrābād, "Konduru"), Mahbubnagar (Mahbūbnagar) district, Telangana, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul G. Hiebert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75120809
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caste--India--Kondūru
- Panchayat--India--Kondūru
- Kondūru, India--Social conditions