The Quest for Distinction

A Reappraisal of the Rural Labor Process in Kheda District (Gujarat), India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4042473
AutoresVinay Gidwani (University of Minnesota, autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume76
Fascículo2
Páginas145-168
Data de publicação2000-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEconomic Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-8287.2000.tb00138.x
OpenAlexW2048674815
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas53

In this article I examine how the rural labor process is constitutive of social identity, particularly status, by harnessing empirical evidence from Kheda District, Gujarat, and other parts of India. Emphasis is on the labor practices of the dominant Lewa Patel caste, and only secondarily on the practices of other caste groups. My central claim is that the labor process is a primary arena in which the quest for social distinction occurs and that the primary source of distinction is the ability to withdraw family labor power from the commoditized labor circuit. In this paper I seek to deepen conventional understandings of the labor process within economic geography, agrarian studies, and mainstream economics

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