| Description |
vii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
JASO occasional papers ; no. 4 |
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JASO occasional papers ; no. 4
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| Contents |
Hierarchy without caste / R.H. Barnes -- Hierarchical opposition and some other types of relation / N.J. Allen -- Texte est un con / Mark Hobart -- Black and white dual classification / Serge Tcherkézoff -- Why do the Tuareg veil their faces? / Dominique Casajus -- ... Land owns people / Daniel de Coppet -- Levels and convertibility / André Iteanu -- Right and left as a hierarchical opposition / Gregory Forth -- The sailing-boat / Cécile Barraud -- Some important implications of marriage alliance / Simonne Pauwels -- Caste in India and Bali / L.E.A. Howe -- Hierarchy, purity, and equality among a community of Balinese in Lombok / Andrew Duff-Cooper -- Equality and hierarchy in Chewong classification / Signe Howell -- The Tharu house / Christian McDonaugh -- Hierarchy, status and social history in Nepal / G.E. Clarke |
| Analysis |
Asia Social stratification |
| Notes |
"This book derives from a conference ... held at St. Antony's College, Oxford, on 8-11 March 1983, under the auspices of the Asian Studies Centre of St. Antony's College and the Institute of Social Anthropology."--p. vii |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Caste.
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Social classes -- Congresses.
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Social status -- Congresses.
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Social values.
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| Author |
Barnes, R. H. (Robert Harrison), 1944-
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Coppet, Daniel de.
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Parkin, R. J.
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| ISBN |
187004715X (paperback) |
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9781870047159 (paperback) |
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