HUMA 1846 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shaadi.Com, Twice Born, Ascribed Status
16 Oct 2016
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The movie is essential (mr. & mrs. iyer) Caste is part of modern india"s social reality. Shaadi. com (lots of castes in this data website) What issues affect the status of women in india: such as caste. Hierarchy in indian culture and society: family, gender, caste, community and class. Basic organizing principle of indian society, caste being very important to personal identities. Greek in its origin (means hieros = sacred, arkho = rule) System of ranking people or things, languages can also be ranked. The grandfather would be the highest rank, then father, then son, etc. Every large administration organization should have a hierarchy, such as universities. The hierarchy, ranking based on their sacredness or purity which is very important in the. You can be thrown out of your caste if you totally violate the rules. Even among children there is some authority older sister over her younger brothers. Values or ideology which underlie indian social structure.
