1st Edition

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

By Tamara Gunasekera Copyright 1994
290 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

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

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.

Biography

Tamara Gunasekera (Author)