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Social Mobility in Kerala - Modernity and Identity in Conflict (Paperback)
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Social Mobility in Kerala - Modernity and Identity in Conflict (Paperback)
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
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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.
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