Tribe, Caste and Folk Culture
By: Chitrasen Pasayat.
Publisher: Rawat Publications, 3-Na-20, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur-302004, Rajasthan, INDIA
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Jaipur
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Ethnology -- India -- Orissa.; Caste -- India -- Orissa.; Orissa (India) -- Social life and customs.
Description: With reference to Sambalpur town and two villages: Gainpura and Kainsir, located in Sambalpur District, Orissa, India. This is the Ph.D. Thesis of the author under the guidance of Professor T. K. Oommen  submitted in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Univerity, New Delhi in the year 1991.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-328) and index. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations; First Chapter: Concept of Folk and Folk Culture: Re-examined in the Indian Context; Second Chapter: The Study: Universe, Problem and Methodology; Third Chapter: Tribe-Caste Integration and the Growth of Culture: A Socio-Historical Analysis; Fourth Chapter: Tribe-Caste Continuum: A Study of Rituals; Fifth Chapter: Plural Identity and Language Movement; Sixth Chapter: Urbanisation and Folk Culture; Seventh Chapter: State Policy and Culture; Eighth Chapter Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography and Subject Index.