GASA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Married People, Cuteness, Harijan
5 Dec 2012
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Don"t need to be well- structured, just thoughtful and interesting, show the things learned from lectures and readings. Hierarchy is based on purity and occupation. Ranking on a purity- pollution scale, into many castes (jati) Separation in matters of marriage and contact, whether direct or indirect. Division of labour, each group having, in theory or by tradition, a profession from which its members can depart only within certain limits. Hierarchy, which ranks the groups as relatively superior or inferior to one another. From traditional india, 2 ranking in 4 orders of power (varnas): Brahmin (priest/ scholar), has more power than the king. * and those below the ranking, once termed untouchables , now harijan or dalit . Hard to match the two together, because ranking based on different points. Patrick olivelle (2008), the use of appearance to denote status, at three points across asia. Hair and society, social significance of hair in south asian traditions.
