ANTH 1001 : 1-59 Introduction.docx
10 Jul 2014
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Caste - any class or group of society sharing common cultural features. The principle theme that binds sociocultural studies of two generations of south asian anthropologists is caste. To understand caste is to understand india. Caste system the most popular being purity vs. pollution. Applies to humans, animals, planets, and inorganic materials like minerals. Suprapersonal above or beyond what is personal. J ti is a development from a generative system of thought that deals with the supreapersonal and infrapersonal levels. Substance describes the general nature of ranked cultural units. Author"s interests focuses on properties of substances - ability to mix and separate, to transform and be transformed, to establish relationships of compatibility and incompatibility, equilibrium and disequilibrium, fluidity and combinability. Valued and ranked substances underlie the system known as the caste system. The author will be looking at certain phenomena in the cultural world of the tamil villager, phenomena that are part of the daily, ordinary routine life.
