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

by Tamara Gunasekera

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780485195651
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	01/28/1994
Series:	London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology Series , #65
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

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.