Title: Struggling with destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984 /
Authors: Wadley, Susan Snow, 1943-
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Ethnology India Maipuri (District); Villages India Maipuri (District); Families India Maipuri (District); Social change India Maipuri (District); Ethnology India Karimpur.; Villages India Karimpur.; Families India Karimpur.; Social change India Karimpur.; Maipuri (India : District) Social conditions.; Maipuri (India : District) Rural conditions.; Karimpur (India) Social conditions.
Contents: 1. "Tell Them to Listen with Their Ears Open" Increasing Disorder. Making Their Own Destiny. Karimpur and Its Environs, 1925-1984. Four Lives. Raghunath, a Cultivator. Santoshi, the Midwife. Saroj, a Brahman Widow. Mohan, an Elderly Brahman -- 2. "There Should Be Control" Knowledge, Control, and Gender. "One Straw from a Broom Cannot Sweep" Shankar, the Village Headman, and Sufhir, a Poor Brahman -- 3. "Power Comes through Money" Brahman by Birth. Brahmans as Patrons. Power in Karimpur. Gaining and Maintaining Honor. Brahman Lifestyles. Sheila, the Washerwoman -- 4. "Poverty Is Written in My Destiny" Living One's Destiny. Sorrow. Being Poor. Escaping Poverty. Jiji and Kamla, Two Widows -- 5. "The Domination of Indira" The Increasing Intrusion of the State into Agriculture. Rural Development Schemes. Health Care and the State. Attitudes toward Education. The Landlord's Loss of Dominance. Sunita, the Shepherd's Wife, and Saroj Revisited -- 6. "Now Love Is Totally Lost."