LEADER 03607nam 22006734a 450 001 9910454783803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-102-1 010 $a0-585-42608-2 035 $a(CKB)111056486519452 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933402 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208573 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215483 035 $a(PQKB)10122956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000519842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12159175 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508502 035 $a(PQKB)10847832 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386113 035 $a(PPN)197233740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386113 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10015418 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987611 035 $a(OCoLC)191935977 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486519452 100 $a20000414d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial mobility in Kerala$b[electronic resource] $emodernity and identity in conflict /$fFilippo Osella and Caroline Osella 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropology, culture, and society 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1693-X 311 $a0-7453-1694-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-306) and index. 330 $bThe Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas were associated with other manual-labouring untouchable castes. In recent decades they have sought to improve their position by accumulating economic, symbolic and cultural capital through employment, religion, politics, migration, marriage, education and have tried to assert their right to mobility, often in the face of opposition from their high status Christian and Nayar neighbours. This study examines how Izhavas, through repudiation of their nineteenth-century identity and search for mobility, have come into complex relationships with modernity, colonialism and globalisation. Filippo Osella and Caroline Osella highlight the complexities and contradictions of modern identity, both locally and globally. The authors' approach builds upon and goes beyond a south Asian focus, showing how the Izhavas represent the rise of formerly stigmatised groups who remain at the same time trapped by stereotype and material disadvantage. Absolute mobility, they argue, has not led to relative mobility within a society which remains stratified and prone to new forms of social exclusion. 410 0$aAnthropology, culture, and society. 606 $aEzhavas 606 $aSocial mobility$zIndia$zKerala 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEzhavas. 615 0$aSocial mobility 676 $a305.5/13/095483 700 $aOsella$b Filippo$0856077 701 $aOsella$b Caroline$0876246 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454783803321 996 $aSocial mobility in Kerala$91956878 997 $aUNINA