The family is the vehicle, the acculturating medium through which the norms, values, and sentiments of the wider society are articulated and expressed. In Family and Caste in Urban India based on a study conducted in the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka, the author traces with incisive analytical ability the thread of the family and its ramifications for the institution of marriage, the household, kinship, caste, collateral individual or friendship ties to the household and kinship structure, and the extent to which these ties are governed by the factors of caste, class and religion.
July-August 1977, volume 2, No 4