Siva and her sisters: gender, caste, and class in rural South India
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...
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables and Illustrations xi
Preface and Acknowledgmenks xiii
Key to Kinship Notation xv
Part One: The Politics of Cultural Contestation
1 Introduction: The Untouchable Rejection of Hegemony
and False Consciousness 3
Forms of Resistance, 3
The Relevance of a Critical Feminist Theory, 5
The Politics of Culture, 7
The Socioeconomic Background, 8
Classes Within Castes, 12
2 Kinship Burns! Kinship Discourses and Gender 13
The Categories of Tamil Kinship, 16
The Mother s Brother, 20
Affinal Kin and Patrilineal Kin, 27
The Concept of the Blood Bond, 29
Mother s Brother, Astrology, and Divination at Childbirth, 31
The Blood Bond and Non Brahmin Matrilateralism, 33
The Exchange of Blood, 35
Implications of the Blood Bond, 38
What Kinship Connotes, 39
Kinship Burns! 43
3 Marrying Money: Changing Preference and Practice
in Tamil Marriage 46
Non Brahmin and Brahmin Marriage Preferences
and Their Implications, 47
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viii Contents
The Traditional Contexts of Non Brahmin and
Brahmin Marriage, 53
The Advantages to Non Brahmin Women in
Close Kin Marriage, 54
The Bilaterality of Traditional Non Brahmin Kinship, 56
Changing Contexts: From Close Kin Marriage to
Non Kin Marriage, 57
Marriage Strategies Today: Statistics onMarriage Practices
in Aruloor and Their Implications, 61
Conclusion, 66 •—s
4 Blood Across the Stars: Astrology and the Construction of Gender 68
Astrology and Cultural Contestation, 73
The Menstruation Horoscope, 74
The Portents of a Horoscope, 78
Horoscopes and the Patterns of Male Control, 79
Astrological Problems in a Horoscope, 82
Naga Dosham, 86
Dosham and Karmam, 89
Conclusion: Astrology and the Construction of Gender, 91
5 The Vulnerability of Power: Puberty Rituals 92
Pallar Puberty Rituals, 93
Muthurajah Puberty Rituals, 110
Christian Paraiyar Puberty Rituals, 111
Vellan Chettiar Puberty Rituals, 113
Telugu Brahmin Puberty Rituals, 115
The Effect of Menstrual Horoscopes on Family and Kin, 117
Conclusion: Inauspiciousness, Gender, and Kinship, 117
6 Dancing the Goddess: Possession, Caste, and Gender 124
Types of Possession, 126
Temporary or Spontaneous Possession, 126
Institutionalized Possession, 130
Possession During the Process of Wearing Alaku, 137
Possession and Caste, li%
Possession and Belief, 155 Possession and Gender, 157 )
Contents ix
Part Two: The Politics of Everyday Life
7 Beware, It Sticks! Discourses of Gender and Caste 163
Brahmin Discourse: The Sin of Menstruation,(l63 J
Lower Caste Discourses of Gender and Sexuality7T66
Discourses Regarding Untouchable Impurity, 174
Pallar Rejections of Ritual Impurity, 175
Consensual Versus Competing Discourses, 177
Part Three: Gender and Production Politics
8 Pauperizing the Rural Poor: Landlessness in Aruloor 181
Kinds of Land Tenure in Aruloor, 183
Land Reform Legislation, 188
The Implications of the Land Reforms and of Caste
for Landlessness, 194
9 Every Blade of Green: Landless Women Laborers,
Production, and Reproduction 198
Recruitment to and Organization of Domestic Labor, 199
Differential Wage Contributions to the Household, 205
Pallar Men and Technological CJisnge, 208
The Sexual Division of Labor,el lj
Payment for Agricultural Work72T 3
The Profits of Production and Ideologies of Reproduction, 216
10 Discipline and Control: Labor Contracts and Rural Female Labor 218
Changes in the Mode of Employment, ^T9) /
Recruitment and Organization of Female Waged Labor,Q22
Recruitment to Daily Wages Work, 223
Recruitment to Piece Rate Contract Work, 224
The Constitution of Contract Work Groups, 227
The Struggle for Work, 228
Workers Awareness of Collective Interests, 230
11 Mutuality and Competition: Women Landless Laborers
and Wage Rates 233
Rudra s Model, 234
The Socioeconomic Context, 239
x Contents
The Process of Wage Negotiations, 241
Segmentation of the Labor Market, 244
Conclusion, 247
12 In God s Eyes: Gender, Caste, and Class in Aruloor ^249 J
References 255
About the Book and Author 261
Index 262
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