The Remembered Village

The Remembered Village
AuthorM. N. Srinivas
LanguageEnglish
SeriesOxford India Perennials
SubjectEthnography
PublisherOxford, Oxford University Press
Publication date
1978
Media typePrint
Pages356
ISBN0783746830

The Remembered Village is a 1978 ethnological work by M. N. Srinivas. The book is about the villager who lives in the small village, named as Rampura in the state of Karnataka, then called Mysore. It is notable for the absence of fieldnotes as a base for the work, which is considered standard in ethnography following the standards set by Bronislaw Malinowski in Argonauts of the Western Pacific as they were lost due to arson,[1] and elicited fierce debate in the anthropological community due to its unorthodox origin, among other factors.[2][3][4] The book is noted for its concern on the aesthetic, flowing prose and the significant role of the ethnographer himself,[5] a marked departure from earlier works such as Evans-Pritchard's studies on the Nuer, which is written with a more objective voice.

  1. ^ Celarent, Barbara (May 2012). "The Remembered Village by M. N. Srinivas: A Review" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 117 (6): 1870–1878. doi:10.1086/666522. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ^ Beals, A. R. (1 January 1978). "The remembered village as ethnography". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 12 (1): 109–115. doi:10.1177/006996677801200111. S2CID 143503162.
  3. ^ Srinivas, M.N. (1 January 1978). "The remembered village: reply to criticisms". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 12 (1): 127–152. doi:10.1177/006996677801200113. S2CID 144392124.
  4. ^ Joshi, P.C. (1 January 1978). "The remembered village: A bridge between old and new anthropology". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 12 (1): 75–89. doi:10.1177/006996677801200108. S2CID 143833998.
  5. ^ Celarent, Barbara (May 2012). "The Remembered Village by M. N. Srinivas: A Review" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 117 (6): 1873. doi:10.1086/666522. Retrieved 16 November 2016.