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Caste, class, and powerBook 1971 • Béteille, André Marie
Tamil • Asia > South Asia
Changes in the traditional structures of caste, class, and power in Sripuram, a village in Tanjore district, are the subjects of this study. The author describes the physical structure of the village, the caste structure, economic organization and so...Agrarian relations in Tanjore Districtessay 1974 • Béteille, André Marie
Tamil • Asia > South Asia
This is a study of social stratification in the Tanjore District, with emphasis on the class structure, based on the ownership, control and use of land. Interspersed throughout the discussion are frequent references to caste, whose omnipresence is to...The tribulations of fieldworkessay 1975 • Béteille, André Marie
Tamil • Asia > South Asia
After a few introductory pages on general problems of fieldwork encountered by social scientists in doing ethnographic studies, the author turns to those that he specifically met and dealt with in his study of the community of Sripuram, in Tanjore Di...