Social Interaction in an Indian Village
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4445903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Santi Priya Bose (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 156-175 |
| Publication date | 1967-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9523.1967.tb00551.x |
| OpenAlex | W2170008304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Social Interaction in an Indian VillageThe data presented in the study suggest that caste plays a significant role in the patterns of social interaction in Indian society. In seeking one's friend, in inviting people to a wedding, and in visiting, a villager chooses more often a person of his own caste than of his educational or landownership category. In conviviality-groups people of the same caste tend to gather together.While this is true of the village it would not be correct to say that the caste system is immutable. Our data gathered in a middle-class area in the metropolitan city of Calcutta present a different picture. Here caste is the least important as a determinant of social interaction. In the city, income appears to have a greater influence. Most people living in the city came not more than one or two generations ago from the village where the caste system was strong. But through the influence of urban living they have changed their patterns of social interaction. Wealth and prestige have now become important and caste has been relegated to the background.It appears that the efforts of the planners have not yet succeeded in changing the patterns of social interaction in the Indian village. But there seems to be no reason why this pattern will not change with increased urbanization
Caste · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Prestige · Social class · Social group · Social relation · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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