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...Darius L. Swann Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 Kathakali: An Introduction to the Dance-Drama of Kerala . By Clifford R. Jones and Betty True Jones . San Francisco : American Society for Eastern Arts , 1970 . 115 pp. Footnotes, Glossary, n.p.l. 980...

...Thomas Perry Thornton Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 Kerala: Politisch-soziale Struktur und Entwicklung eines Indischen Bundeslandes . By Manfred Turlach . Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz . 386 pp. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. DM 78.00. BOOK...

...M. S. A. Rao Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 Land Reclamation in Kerala . By V. R. Pillai and P. G. K. Panikar . New York : Asia Publishing Company , 1965 . x, 197 pp. Tables, Diagrams, Index. $10.50. 740 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES (iii-iv...

...René Véron Local Democracy and Development: The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning . By T. M. Thomas Isaac and Richard W. Franke . Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield , 2002 . xvi , 241 pp. $74.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian...

...Robin Jeffrey Abstract Why has communism flourished in some parts of Asia and not in others? Examining the case of Kerala, this paper argues that, in India at least, social dislocation is the crucial ingredient when added to poverty, landlessness, and literacy. In Kerala, the matrilineal family...

...Prema-chandra Athukorala Kerala's Gulf Connection: CDS Studies on International Labour Migration from Kerala State in India . Edited by K. C. Zachariah , K. P. Kannan , and S. Irudaya Rajan . Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala : Centre for Development Studies , 2002 . 244 pp. Rs 250/$25.00...

...Nisha Kommattam The Enigma of the Kerala Woman . Edited by Swapna Mukhopadhyay . New Delhi : Social Science Press , 2007 . xii , 189 pp. $70.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008 2008 The second part of the book consists of seven case...

... the applicability of their ideas to Kerala, India's most newspaper-consuming state, over the past 200 years. The essay suggests that by conceptualizing print and newspaper development in three stages, we arrive at a more accurate understanding of the impact of print consumption on societies and their politics...

...T. J. Nossiter Dynamics of State Politics, Kerala . Edited by N. Jose Chander . New Delhi : Sterling Publishers , 1986 . xii, 224 pp. Rs. 125.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 672 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES from outside. The three chapters...

.... The translation is clear, if sometimes slightly labored, and the maps and diagrams generally maintain a high standard of clarity. SUMIT GUHA Brown University The Labor ofDevelopment: Workers and the Transformation ofCapitalism in Kerala, India. By PATRICK HELLER. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999. xi, 277 pp...

...Moazzem Hossain Kerala: The Development Experience: Reflections on Sustainability and Replicability . Edited By Govindan Parayil . London and New York : Zed Books , 2000 . x, 274 pp. $69.95 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002...

...Stephen F. Dale Abstract During the nineteenth and the early twentieth century, a series of violent outbreaks erupted in the rural areas of Malabar District in northern Kerala. The outbreaks were conducted by small groups of Mappillas, the indigenous Muslims of Kerala. At the time they occurred...

...Peter B. Mayer Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation . By T. J. Nossiter . Berkeley : University of California Press (for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London), 1982 . xv, 462 pp. Maps, Tables, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $35. Copyright ©...

...Robin Jeffrey Science in Participatory Development. The Achievements and Dilemmas of a Development Movement: The Case of Kerala . By Mathew Zachariah and R. Sooryamoorthy . London and Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books , 1994 . 187 pp. $55.00 (hardback), $19.95 (paper...

...Michael F. Maniates Kerala: Radical Reform as Development in an Indian State . By Richard W. Franke and Barbara H. Chasin . Food First Development Report, No. 6. San Francisco, Calif. : The Institute For Food and Development Policy , 1989 . 122 pp. $6.00 (plus $2.00 postage...

...Rich Freeman Abstract This paper addresses the problematic birth of the Malayalam language of Kerala in medieval South India. I say “problematic” because, of course, languages are never really born. Indeed, the dominant tradition of language genesis in India long asserted that all languages...

...Margaret Meibohm The Christians of Kerala: History, Belief and Ritual among the Yakoba . By Susan Visvanathan . Madras : Oxford University Press , 1993 . xvii, 279 pp. $27.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1996 1996 1054 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Barbara N. Ramusack Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became “a Model.” . By Robin Jefferey . Houndmills : The Macmillian Press Ltd. xviii, 285 pp. $45.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 190 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES fathers Mohan...

...P. K. B. Nayar Health Status of Kerala: Paradox of Economic Backwardness and Health Development . By P. G. K. Panikar and C. R. Soman . Trivandrum : Centre for Development Studies , 1984 . 159 pp. $12.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 910...

...Lucinda Ramberg Unruly Figures: Queerness, Sex Work, and the Politics of Sexuality in Kerala . By Navaneetha Mokkil . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2019 . 288 pp. ISBN: 9780295745572 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2022 2022 How does...