Caste and equality : friendship patterns among young academics in urban India /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stocker, Stephanie (Autor)
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2017]
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Temas:
College graduates > Social networks > India > Madurai.
Friendship in youth > India > Madurai.
Caste > India > Madurai.
Equality > India > Madurai.
College students > Social networks > India > Madurai.
Interpersonal attraction.
Amitié chez les jeunes > Inde > Madurai.
Castes > Inde > Madurai.
Étudiants > Réseaux sociaux > Inde > Madurai.
Attraction interpersonnelle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Caste
College students > Social networks
Equality
Friendship in youth
Interpersonal attraction
Manners and customs
Madurai (India) > Social life and customs.
India > Madurai
Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Friendship in India
  • a `social phenomenon of modernity'?
  • 1. Anthropological accounts of modernity
  • 1.1. Modernity in India: Modern and ritual spheres
  • 1.2."In between"? Locating the educated middle class
  • 2. Research question: Peer groups among Tamil graduate students
  • 2.1. Education, modernity and "college culture"
  • 2.2. The concept of conviviality
  • 2.3. Region and design
  • pt. II Making and maintaining friendship
  • 3. Exposure and status on campus
  • 3.1. Accessing Madurai Kamaraj University
  • 3.2. The campus
  • 3.3. Peer groups
  • 3.4.(Boy)friend and (girl)friend: gendered identities on campus
  • 3.5."Like my relative": Ties, ranks and boundaries
  • 3.6. Conclusion
  • 4. Beyond the campus: Among friends in the domestic sphere
  • 4.1. Paticcavanka, an ambivalent image
  • 4.2. Peers as support, sponsors and patrons
  • 4.3.`University' and `village' friends
  • 4.4. Conclusion.
  • Note continued: 5."Key site of cultural contestation"? Youth, education and marriage
  • 5.1. Marriage in South India
  • 5.2. Kin or non-kin marriage: Conflicting status aspirations in Tamil Nadu
  • 6. Reflections on compatibility: The students' perspective
  • 6.1."No siblings please"
  • social and familial concerns
  • 6.2. Education, career and dowry
  • 6.3. Good looking or pretentious? Ideals of beauty and physical compatibility
  • 6.4. Astrological compatibility: The significance of horoscopes and jotitar
  • 6.5. Conclusion
  • 7. Peers as mediators in matchmaking and pre-wedding ceremonies
  • 7.1. Delayed marriage and remedy rituals
  • 7.2. First encounters
  • 7.3. Evaluating the spouse: ponnu parkka and mappillai vitu ariya
  • 7.4. Finalizing the match: Pu cuffu vila and niccayatarttam
  • 7.5. Conclusion
  • 8. Peers in wedding ceremonies
  • 8.1. Status and `hidden' support on stage
  • 8.2. Inclusion and exclusion in wedding meals
  • 8.3. Kuttu nafpu in beauty parlors: Women's groups.
  • Note continued: 8.4. Representation of non-kin friends in marriage media
  • 8.5. Friends, courtship and love marriage
  • 8.6. Conclusion
  • 9. Conclusion and outlook.

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