Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/
Ruud, Arild Engelsen
Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ Arild Engelsen Ruud - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. - xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
1. Anthropology and History of Village Politics --
Village and the State --
The Village Politics Studies --
Views from Below --
What is this Thing called Culture? --
2. Small Communities in Landscape and History --
The Village Setting --
Gradual Political Radicalization --
Agrarian Relations and Increasing Poverty --
The Spark: A New Line of Thinking --
But Does It All Fit? --
3. Two Stories about Power and Influence --
'We were all in it Together?' --
Gopinathpur: The Story of an Enduring Alliance --
Udaynala: The Story of a Brittle Alliance --
Sources of Individual 'Power' in Village History --
Money-lenders as Political Leaders? --
Interested Patron-Client Relationships --
'Power' --
As in 'Influence'? --
4. Road, Poetry, and Some Crafty Young Men --
On Commensality and Other Changes --
The bhadralok and His Making --
Selimmaster's Notebook and a Critique of Village Society --
Implementing the Modern Tradition in Udaynala --
Family Ties, Education, and New-found Reading Material --
From the Epics to 20th Century Novels --
Modern Tradition in Village Drama --
Language and Status --
5. Caste Stereotypes and Communist Mobilization --
Excesses and Typical Village Politics --
Udaynala and Gopinathpur and the United Front Period --
Caste and Class, ca. 1960 --
Dacoity --
'We are bagdis!': The Bagdi Stereotype --
Bagdis in Udaynala Village Affairs --
The Shifting Alliances of the 1970s --
The Bagdi, and Assertion as Identity and Source of Influence --
'We Made Ourselves Low': An Untouchable Identity --
Muchis in Village Public Affairs --
Hierarchy and Mobilization --
6. Formal Politics and Informal Politics --
From the Discussion-House to the Office --
New Formal Institutions: 1960s --
Ohabsaheb's Exit --
How Important Were the Reformed Panchayats? --
Bichar --
an Informal Institution --
Informal Politics and Middle-Men --
'Symbolic Capital' and Len-den --
Formal and Informal Politics: Two Interlocked Games --
7. Gossip and Reputation: The Making of Village Leaders --
The Importance of Gossip --
The Making and Unmaking of Individual Reputations --
Towards Manikbhai's Bichar --
Gossip and The Village Agenda --
Manipulation --
8. Conclusion --
A Space for Change?
0195662687
Politics and government--West Bengal
Communism
306.2095414 / RUU/P
Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ Arild Engelsen Ruud - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. - xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
1. Anthropology and History of Village Politics --
Village and the State --
The Village Politics Studies --
Views from Below --
What is this Thing called Culture? --
2. Small Communities in Landscape and History --
The Village Setting --
Gradual Political Radicalization --
Agrarian Relations and Increasing Poverty --
The Spark: A New Line of Thinking --
But Does It All Fit? --
3. Two Stories about Power and Influence --
'We were all in it Together?' --
Gopinathpur: The Story of an Enduring Alliance --
Udaynala: The Story of a Brittle Alliance --
Sources of Individual 'Power' in Village History --
Money-lenders as Political Leaders? --
Interested Patron-Client Relationships --
'Power' --
As in 'Influence'? --
4. Road, Poetry, and Some Crafty Young Men --
On Commensality and Other Changes --
The bhadralok and His Making --
Selimmaster's Notebook and a Critique of Village Society --
Implementing the Modern Tradition in Udaynala --
Family Ties, Education, and New-found Reading Material --
From the Epics to 20th Century Novels --
Modern Tradition in Village Drama --
Language and Status --
5. Caste Stereotypes and Communist Mobilization --
Excesses and Typical Village Politics --
Udaynala and Gopinathpur and the United Front Period --
Caste and Class, ca. 1960 --
Dacoity --
'We are bagdis!': The Bagdi Stereotype --
Bagdis in Udaynala Village Affairs --
The Shifting Alliances of the 1970s --
The Bagdi, and Assertion as Identity and Source of Influence --
'We Made Ourselves Low': An Untouchable Identity --
Muchis in Village Public Affairs --
Hierarchy and Mobilization --
6. Formal Politics and Informal Politics --
From the Discussion-House to the Office --
New Formal Institutions: 1960s --
Ohabsaheb's Exit --
How Important Were the Reformed Panchayats? --
Bichar --
an Informal Institution --
Informal Politics and Middle-Men --
'Symbolic Capital' and Len-den --
Formal and Informal Politics: Two Interlocked Games --
7. Gossip and Reputation: The Making of Village Leaders --
The Importance of Gossip --
The Making and Unmaking of Individual Reputations --
Towards Manikbhai's Bichar --
Gossip and The Village Agenda --
Manipulation --
8. Conclusion --
A Space for Change?
0195662687
Politics and government--West Bengal
Communism
306.2095414 / RUU/P