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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Aiyappan, A., 1905-1988
Title:
Social revolution in a Kerala village: a study in culture
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Published By: Original publisher
New York: Asia Publishing House. 1965. x, 183 p.
ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
A. Aiyappan
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2017. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Kerala (AW11)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Castes (564);
Political movements (668);
Political parties (665);
Pressure politics (664);
Prophets and ascetics (792);
Priesthood (793);
Avoidance and taboo (784);
Real property (423);
Renting and leasing (427);
External relations (648);
Government regulation (656);
Education system (871);
Educational theory and methods (876);
Research and development (654);
Public health and sanitation (744);
Acculturation and culture contact (177);
Sociocultural trends (178);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following the formation of Kerala in 1956, a series of
social reforms were implemented that were designed to improve the welfare of lower-caste
groups previously deemed "untouchable" by the culturally and politically dominant Brahmin
and Nayar castes. One involved the opening up of temples, government offices, commercial
cinemas, and related public spaces to members of all caste groups. Although the reforms
greatly reduced—and in some cases even abolished—the most problematic aspects of caste
life, this study shows the rise of new processes and drivers reinforcing preexisting
caste-based affiliations and related ideologies. The most important of these were the local
and, in some cases, regional organization of political parties along caste and, to some
extent, religious lines.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
35
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
aw11-035
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1793-1965
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala,
India
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Villages--India--Kerala//Villages--India--Case studies//Kerala
(India)--Social conditions
