Srinivas,M. N. <br/><br/>
Village, caste, gender and method: essays in Indian social anthropology 

 - Delhi  Oxford University Press  1996 
 - 244p. 
<br/><br/> The work of M. N. Srinivas constitutes a watershed in the development of sociology in India, and the selections brought together in this volume have had lasting influence on the discipline.<br/>The writings presented here have been divided into four parts; these centre around the Indian village, caste, gender, and methodology. To each of these the author has brought a fresh outlook. The essays reveal continuities amidst changes taking place in India today. A wealth of empirical material combined with conceptual subtlety makes these papers distinctive.<br/><br/>This volume contains two essays on the concepts of the 'dominant caste' and sanskritization' which are Srinivas's principal theoretical contributions to the subject. There are two essays on the Indian village; two other essays deal with the issue of women's position in Indian society. The collection ends with four essays on the method of participant observation and its place in social science research. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195638035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social anthropology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306 SRI