About The Author
Dr. J. Parthasarathy was a distinguished scholar of Social Anthropology. He obtained his M.A. in Anthropology from Ravishankar University, Raipur, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology by the University of Mysore in 1982. Throughout his academic and professional career, Dr. Parthasarathy participated in numerous national and international seminars organized by reputed academic and research institutions and presented scholarly papers on diverse anthropological themes. He served as a Research Assistant at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Government of India, Mysore, as well as at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Mysore. He later served the Government of India as a member of the Anthropological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Mysore, where he made valuable contributions to anthropological research and documentation.
About The Book
Conceived with the central idea of delincating the life of the inhabitants of an old village settlement such as Paduvarahalli in Mysore in an urban milieu, this book explores the apparently paradoxical concept of a "modern village Though the massive sweep of urbanization that has taken over the Mysore city has greatly changed the face of the village, Paduvarahalli; yet interestingly enough it has managed to escape the total Urbanization. It still retains its distinctive, unique features; embodied in its traditions, occupations, rituals, inter and intra-relations among the inhabitants. It is thus different from the core urban population of the city. When we deal with this self-contradictory concept, it becomes imperative to study the relationship between the two i.c. the rural population of the village and the core urban population of the city, the composition of cach and also the idea of 'retention of the inherent villag characteristics. The book delves deep into these spheres of introspection and comes of with very interesting and enlightening observations. With the shift in social anthropology from the small, relative homogeneous, non-industrial cultures to the problems of comple societies, particularly those of urbanization, the book would be a veritable treasure of knowledge to the social anthropologists.
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