Hierarchy and Egalitarianism : Caste, Class and Power in Sinhalese Peasant Society

ISBN-13: 9780485195651 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 273 str.

Tamara Gunasekera

Opis

A comprehensive analysis of stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking into account the hierarchies of class, status and power.

Spis treści

Transliteration of Sinhalese words; research setting. Part 1 Stratification during the baseline period: the baseline period; the caste hierarchy in the baseline period; the class hierarchy in the baseline period; the power hierarchy in the baseline period; the ideology of stratification during the baseline period. Part 2 Contemporary stratification: the contemporary community; the contemporary caste hierarchy; the contemporary class hierarchy; the contemporary power hierarchy; the contemporary ideology of stratification.

O autorze

Tamara Gunasekera (Author)