Class Formation Social Inequality and the Nagas in North-East India

<p>This book examines the question of class formation and social inequality within tribal groups in North-East India.</p><p>Focussing on the Nagas, it analyses and challenges common perceptions about them as a class-less society with a uniform culture. It looks at the previously neglected themes of class formation and structure, division of work, emerging social milieus and cultural differentiation among the Naga youth – and presents fresh arguments about notions of modernity.</p><p>Providing a theoretical understanding of inequality, this volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of North-East India, tribal studies, exclusion studies, sociology, social anthropology, political studies, development studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies.</p> <p>Introduction <b>1.</b> Class and Social Inequality in a Multi-Dimensional Perspective <b>2.</b> Socio-cultures: From the Naga Village to Peripheral Capitalism <b>3.</b> Patterns of Cultural Differentiation <b>4.</b> Class Structure and Class Reproduction <b>5.</b> Career Patterns <b>6.</b> Differentiation of Culture and Class in Nagaland. <i>Bibliography. </i></p>