HUMA 1846 Quiz: Caste and Women
25 Dec 2015
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Caste has a heavy influence on women"s lives. 3 themes i. ii: marriage and sexuality. 3 characteristics of caste (jati) i. ii. iii. Exclusion or separation (rules governing marriage and contact) Hierarchy (the principle of order and rank according to status) Interdependence (division of labour which is closely tied to hierarchy and separation) Unequal distribution of resources and exploitive relations of production. Endogamy can have potential for raising one"s family status, putting pressure for material resources for a daughter"s wedding number of castes of traditional" cultivators: occupational continuity. Agriculture is now open to all castes, however gives identity to a large. A brahmin performs the functions of the priest. Certain jobs such as polluting occupations are associated with castes. Women have many occupational/household duties to fulfil (ex. A man who runs away with another man"s wife can be seen as one who. Men were choosing to leave their traditional occupation for town, while.
