...Darius L. Swann 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. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 980...

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

...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...

...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 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...

...Dennis B. McGilvray Migration and Ethnicity in Urban India: Kerala Migrants in the City of Madras, 1870–1970 . By Susan Lewandowski . New Delhi : Manohar , 1980 . ix, 215 pp. Figures, Tables, Select Bibliography, Index. $18 (cloth). (Distributed by South Asia Books, Columbia, Mo...

...J. Devika Abstract The article critiques the “Kerala model,” which holds up Kerala State, India, as a model that may be emulated by other developing countries, on account of its remarkable advances in social development. The dominant left in Kerala has often claimed credit for such achievements...

...Stephen F. Dale Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends . By Roland E. Miller . Bombay : Orient Longman , 1976 (Distributed by South Asia Books, Columbia, Mo.), xvi, 350 pp. Appendixes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. Rs. 65; $13.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...Anand A. Yang Rural Organizations in South India: The Dynamics of Laborer and Tenant Unions and Farmer Associations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu . By K. C. Alexander . Ithaca, N.Y. : Rural Development Committee, Center for International Studies, Cornell University , 1979 . v, 101 pp. $3.50...

...M. S. A. Rao 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. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 740 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES (iii-iv...

...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...

...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...

...Edward O. Henry Bake Restudy, 1984 (video) and The Bake Restudy in India, 1938–1984: The Preservation and Transformation of Performance in Tamilnadu, Kerala, and Karnataka . (video monograph). By Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin . Van Nuys, Calif . Apsara Media for Intercultural Education...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...