Hindus of the Himalayas: Ethnography and ChangeGerald Berreman's ethnographic study of a hill village in India is widely regarded as a classic in the field of social anthropology. In this new edition, Berreman returns to this village after ten years to record the ethnographic continuity and change in village lifestyle. A new prologue addsimportant insights to the bases for the ethnographic descriptions and analyses by outlining the research conditions of this study. A new epilogue records Berreman's findings after revisiting the village--focusing on the trends found in the village and the surrounding region to draw implications forthe country at large. |
Contents
BEHIND MANY MASKS ETHNOGRAPHY | xvii |
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE SETTING | 9 |
xiv | 32 |
THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT | 38 |
THE SUPERNATURAL | 80 |
4 | 96 |
CALENDRICAL AND LIFECYCLE | 121 |
7 | 208 |
INTERCASTE RELATIONS | 229 |
THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY | 259 |
9 | 294 |
CONCLUSION1958 | 339 |
SIRKANDA TEN YEARS LATER | 358 |
| 405 | |
CHAPTER BIBLIOGRAPHIES1971 | 415 |
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affiliation agricultural artisan Bajgis barber behavior beliefs Berreman Bhatbair blacksmith Brahmin bride bride price brothers caste status caste-fellows cent ceremonies chans clan clients clique context coöperative council crops culture dance Dehra Dun deities differences discussed disputes Diwali Doms economic ethnographer exogamy extended family fact father festivals frequently functions ghosts gotra grain high-caste high-caste villagers hills Himalayas Hindu Hinduism household gods husband important India individuals interaction intercaste joint family kanda Khasas kin group land less lineage live low-caste marriage milk Mussoorie nuclear family occasionally occupation occur Pahari area Pandavas participate patrilocal performed person plains polyandry polygynous possessed practice practitioners primarily puja Rajputs reference region relations relationship relatively religious residents result ritual Sanskritic sexual shaman shoemakers shrine Sirkanda villagers social supernatural Tehri Garhwal temple tion traditional trail unit untouchable usually village gods wife wives woman women worship