Contextualising caste: post dumonation approaches

By:

Searle-Chatterjee, Mary (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Sharma, Ursula (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford Blackwell Publishers 1995Description: 184pISBN:

9780631192831

Subject(s):

Caste-India

DDC classification:

305.5 CON

Summary: Much anthropological and sociological work on South Asia (especially work done by western academics) takes for granted the centrality of caste in Hindu society. The aim of the present volume is to take a critical look at this assumption, contextualising caste in relation to other dimensions of modern Indian society. The contribution of the volume will be both theoretical and ethnographic.

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Much anthropological and sociological work on South Asia (especially work done by western academics) takes for granted the centrality of caste in Hindu society. The aim of the present volume is to take a critical look at this assumption, contextualising caste in relation to other dimensions of modern Indian society. The contribution of the volume will be both theoretical and ethnographic.

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