Question

Analyse the concepts of class, caste and power as reflected in Andre Beteilli’s work.

08 Oct 2024
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André Béteille’s ethnographic work offers significant insights into the intersection of class, caste, and power, particularly in rural India. His studies, notably *Caste, Class, and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village*, illustrate how these social categories function not in isolation but as overlapping structures that shape individual lives, social mobility, and local hierarchies. Béteille’s approach to comparative ethnography focuses on understanding how these concepts are relationally constituted, moving beyond static definitions to examine their dynamics in everyday life.

### Class: Economic Differentiation and Social Mobility  
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