Tribe, Caste and Society
By: Chitrasen Pasayat
Edition: First
Publisher: Mohit Publications, 4675/21, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, INDIA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9788174454089
Subjects: Sociology-Anthropology-Ethnology-Folklore-Tribal Culture
Description: On the issue of relationship between the tribal people and non-tribal people or caste-Hindus in India, we find two different views. One is that, many social and cultural traditions of the Hindu Great Tradition have organic links with the tribal society and culture. On the other hand some maintain that, the tribal and the Hindu traditions are separate; tribal people do not have more than casual contacts with the caste-Hindus. Papers in this volume reveal the fact that, caste-Hindus have been substantially influenced by the tribal people in India throughout the history. Also, attempts have been made in this volume to study myths associated in different walks of life and how history is carefully blended with the tradition to construct the picture of the past.
Notes: CONTENTS: Preface (iii); Introduction (1-14); Tribe-Caste Interaction in Sambalpur: A Case Study of Shrine of Bhimdevta in Gainpura (15-33); Tribe-Caste Interaction in Orissa: An Examination of Persistence and Change in Folk-Religious Tradition of Karma (34-56); Tribal -Non-tribal Interaction with Special Reference to Dalkhai in Orissa (57-66); Nuakhai Culture of South Kosala (West Orissa) as a Dimension of Little Tradition in the Study of Great Indian Culture (67-76); Myth and Reality in Little Tradition: A Study of Danda-Nata in Orissa (77-99); The Localised Versions of Universal Folklore: Re-examined in the Tribal - Non-tribal Context of Orissa (100-114); Oral Narratives, Social Reality and Social Formation: From Struggle for Existence to State Formation during Medieval Period (115-132); Hindu Mode of Tribal Absorption and State Formation during Medieval Period in Sambalpur (133-147).