Contents
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION. 01
1.1 AIM OF THE STUDY 01
1.2 OBJECTIVES 01
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 01
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 02
1.5 CONTRIBUTION 02
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 03
2.1 ABOUT THE LOCATION OF STUDY 03
2.2 HISTORY OF THE LAND 04
2.2.1 Tulu- nadu and foreign contacts. 04
2.3 GUTTUS AS REFLECTION OF CULTURE 07
2.3.1 Social institutions.. 7
2.3.2 Games as a form of culture. 07
2.3.3 Religious institution.. 8
2.3.4 The web of religious belief and power 08
2.4 GUTTU MANE AS A SYMBOL OF POWER 09
2.4.1 The political ladder 09
2.4.2 Guttus in Mangalore Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.. 0
Chapter 3: RESEARCH DESIGN 13
3.1 RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY 13
3.2 SAMPLE STUDY 13
3.3 DURATION OF STUDY 13
3.4 FRAMEWORK FOR STUDY 13
3.5 METHODOLOGY 13
3.6 SOURCES OF DATA 14
3.7 OBSERVATION SHEET 15
Chapter 4: CASE STUDIES 17
4.1 CONTEXT 17
4.2 DIVISION AND NAMING OF LAND 17
4.3 GUTTU MANE AS DOMESTIC SPACE 18
Chapter 5: MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF GUTTU MANES 19
Chapter 6: OVERVIEW OF OBSERVATION 20
6.1 PHYSICAL SPACES AND ELEMENTS OF GUTTU MANES
BASED ON SITE VISITS 20
6.2 OBSERVATIONS FROM CASE STUDIES 21
Chapter 7: MATERIALS USED IN A GUTTU 69
Chapter 8: ANALYSIS 70
Chapter 9: CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD 86
BIBLIOGRAPHY 88