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Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ (Record no. 148757)

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fixed length control field	00401nam a2200133Ia 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	0195662687
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	306.2095414
Item number	RUU/P
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Ruud, Arild Engelsen
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Arild Engelsen Ruud
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	New Delhi:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xiii, 226 p. ;
Dimensions	23 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	1. Anthropology and History of Village Politics --<br/>Village and the State --<br/>The Village Politics Studies --<br/>Views from Below --<br/>What is this Thing called Culture? --<br/>2. Small Communities in Landscape and History --<br/>The Village Setting --<br/>Gradual Political Radicalization --<br/>Agrarian Relations and Increasing Poverty --<br/>The Spark: A New Line of Thinking --<br/>But Does It All Fit? --<br/>3. Two Stories about Power and Influence --<br/>'We were all in it Together?' --<br/>Gopinathpur: The Story of an Enduring Alliance --<br/>Udaynala: The Story of a Brittle Alliance --<br/>Sources of Individual 'Power' in Village History --<br/>Money-lenders as Political Leaders? --<br/>Interested Patron-Client Relationships --<br/>'Power' --<br/>As in 'Influence'? --<br/>4. Road, Poetry, and Some Crafty Young Men --<br/>On Commensality and Other Changes --<br/>The bhadralok and His Making --<br/>Selimmaster's Notebook and a Critique of Village Society --<br/>Implementing the Modern Tradition in Udaynala --<br/>Family Ties, Education, and New-found Reading Material --<br/>From the Epics to 20th Century Novels --<br/>Modern Tradition in Village Drama --<br/>Language and Status --<br/>5. Caste Stereotypes and Communist Mobilization --<br/>Excesses and Typical Village Politics --<br/>Udaynala and Gopinathpur and the United Front Period --<br/>Caste and Class, ca. 1960 --<br/>Dacoity --<br/>'We are bagdis!': The Bagdi Stereotype --<br/>Bagdis in Udaynala Village Affairs --<br/>The Shifting Alliances of the 1970s --<br/>The Bagdi, and Assertion as Identity and Source of Influence --<br/>'We Made Ourselves Low': An Untouchable Identity --<br/>Muchis in Village Public Affairs --<br/>Hierarchy and Mobilization --<br/>6. Formal Politics and Informal Politics --<br/>From the Discussion-House to the Office --<br/>New Formal Institutions: 1960s --<br/>Ohabsaheb's Exit --<br/>How Important Were the Reformed Panchayats? --<br/>Bichar --<br/>an Informal Institution --<br/>Informal Politics and Middle-Men --<br/>'Symbolic Capital' and Len-den --<br/>Formal and Informal Politics: Two Interlocked Games --<br/>7. Gossip and Reputation: The Making of Village Leaders --<br/>The Importance of Gossip --<br/>The Making and Unmaking of Individual Reputations --<br/>Towards Manikbhai's Bichar --<br/>Gossip and The Village Agenda --<br/>Manipulation --<br/>8. Conclusion --<br/>A Space for Change?
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Politics and government
Geographic subdivision	West Bengal
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Communism
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	General Books

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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Accession number	Date last seen	Date last checked out	Koha item type
				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	28/08/2016	306.2095414 RUU/P	P03417	17/02/2020	17/02/2020	General Books