num_pages: 125
description: The problems of life in Gopalpur are understandable. From the Western point of view, the ways in which they are solved seem strange. How do wrestling matches between young men from different villages in the Gopalpur area help make social and economic relations between these villages smoother? Why is the preferred marital partner one's sister's daughter or cross cousin? What useful purpose can the saltmakers' cast serve when saltmakers make no salt? How are the strong forces making for competition and conflict in Gopalpur contained and controlled, so that crucial areas of cooperation are not destroyed? These are some of the many questions answered in this case study that make it fascinating reading.
language: English
title: Gopalpur: A South Indian Village
publisher: Harcourt College Pub