Education, Modernity and Reform: The Malabar Case (1850-1950)
Keywords:
stratification, hierarchy, matriliny, modernity, mobility, cultureAbstract
This paper primarily examines the social reform movements in Kerala, with a concentration on Malabar. It examines how reformers viewed modern education as a means of achieving the social mobility channels and novel cultural practices introduced by the missionaries and the British institutional framework. This study prioritised subjects such as western education, the notion of cleanliness, bodily practices, civil rights, and others, rather than encompassing the entirety of reform movements’ operations.
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