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Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ Arild Engelsen Ruud

By: Ruud, Arild EngelsenMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003Description: xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0195662687Subject(s): Politics and government -- West Bengal | CommunismDDC classification: 306.2095414

Contents:

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?

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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?

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