Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813334912)

This book examines two subordinated groups untouchables? and women?in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of ?untouchable? women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity?gender, caste, and class?are constructed in South India. Karin Kapadia argues that subordinated groups do not internalize the values of their masters but instead reject them in innumerable subtle ways.Kapadia contends that elites who hold economic power do not dominate the symbolic means of production. Looking at the everyday practices, rituals, and cultural discourses of Tamil low castes, she shows how their cultural values repudiate the norms of Brahminical elites. She also demonstrates that caste and class processes cannot be fully addressed without considering their interrelationship with gender.

Author: Karin Kapadia
ISBN-10: 0813334918
ISBN-13: 9780813334912
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/17/1998
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.02w x 0.67d