00684nam0 2200241 450 00002072320081218120607.0069104254320081218d1993----km-y0itay50------baengUSy-------001yyLabor demandDaniel S. HamermeshPrincetonPrinceton university pressc1993XVII, 444 p.25 cmLabor demand47669LavoroDomanda e offertaHamermesh,Daniel S.118947ITUNIPARTHENOPE20081218RICAUNIMARC000020723821/529022NAVA2Labor demand47669UNIPARTHENOPE03574nam 22006614a 450 991077991250332120221108104429.01-84964-102-10-585-42608-2(CKB)111056486519452(StDuBDS)AH22933402(SSID)ssj0000247530(PQKBManifestationID)11208573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247530(PQKBWorkID)10215483(PQKB)10122956(SSID)ssj0000519842(PQKBManifestationID)12159175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519842(PQKBWorkID)10508502(PQKB)10847832(MiAaPQ)EBC3386113(Au-PeEL)EBL3386113(CaPaEBR)ebr10015418(CaONFJC)MIL987611(OCoLC)191935977(PPN)197233740(EXLCZ)9911105648651945220000414d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSocial mobility in Kerala[electronic resource] modernity and identity in conflict /Filippo Osella and Caroline OsellaLondon ;Sterling, Va. Pluto Pressc20001 online resource (336 p.)Anthropology, culture, and societyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1693-X 0-7453-1694-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-306) and index.The Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas were associated with other manual-labouring untouchable castes. In recent decades they have sought to improve their position by accumulating economic, symbolic and cultural capital through employment, religion, politics, migration, marriage, education and have tried to assert their right to mobility, often in the face of opposition from their high status Christian and Nayar neighbours. This study examines how Izhavas, through repudiation of their nineteenth-century identity and search for mobility, have come into complex relationships with modernity, colonialism and globalisation. Filippo Osella and Caroline Osella highlight the complexities and contradictions of modern identity, both locally and globally. The authors' approach builds upon and goes beyond a south Asian focus, showing how the Izhavas represent the rise of formerly stigmatised groups who remain at the same time trapped by stereotype and material disadvantage. Absolute mobility, they argue, has not led to relative mobility within a society which remains stratified and prone to new forms of social exclusion.Anthropology, culture, and society.EzhavasSocial mobilityIndiaKeralaEzhavas.Social mobility305.5/13/095483Osella Filippo856077Osella Caroline1116627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779912503321Social mobility in Kerala3768872UNINA