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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984
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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984 Paperback - 1994

by WADLEY Susan S

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University of California Press, 1994. pbk 299pp slight reading crease to spine but otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked text
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  • Title Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984
  • Author WADLEY Susan S
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Pages 319
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, 1994, Berkeley
  • Date 1994-07-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # An712
  • ISBN 9780520084070 / 0520084071
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 5.48 x 0.85 in (22.81 x 13.92 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethnology - India - Karimpur, Villages - India - Karimpur
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93048297
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.095

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Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur-the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser-as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding her observations and experiences to the Wisers' field notes from the 1920s and 1930s. In this long-awaited book, Wadley gives us a work of unprecedented scope: a portrait of an Indian village as it has changed over a sixty-year period.

She hears of changes in agriculture, labor relations, education, and the family. But Karimpur's residents do not speak with one voice in describing the ways their lives have changed-viewpoints vary considerably depending on the speaker's gender, economic status, and caste. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, Wadley examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. She demonstrates that the forms of subordination prescribed for women are paralleled by those prescribed for lower castes.

Villagers also speak of political struggles in India, and of the importance of religion when confronting change. Their stories, songs, and life histories reveal the rich fabric of Karimpur and show how much can be learned from listening to its people.

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Susan S. Wadley is Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University.

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