Caste, Class and Patriarchy : Persistence and Change

Authors

  • Mritunjay Kumar Yadavendu  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India

Keywords:

Caste, Class, Patriarchy, Labor, Production, Reproduction.

Abstract

The most sophisticated of the views that obscure the actual nature of caste, class and patriarchy are those that show them to be social relations primarily based on a set of ideas. The resilient nature of these systems, which are witnessing modifications but hardly a disappearance, also leads us to question more sympathetic views that regard them as vestiges of feudal social organization. It is in the backdrop of these developments that there is a need to study the ‘persistence and change’ and regional variations in caste, class and patriarchy. This paper aims to understand the relations of caste, class and patriarchy in the light of the culture and politics of work and changing dynamics of castes in the process of liberalization imposed by the state.

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2023-02-20

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Mritunjay Kumar Yadavendu "Caste, Class and Patriarchy : Persistence and Change" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 10, Issue 1, pp.749-757, January-February-2023.