UID:
edocfu_9959232808502883
Format:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-42485-8
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9786612424854
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81-321-0345-9
Series Statement:
Contributions to Indian sociology. Occasional studies ; 12
Content:
This important volume provides an alternative perspective on caste. It demonstrates that the traditional view of caste-as a single hierarchy, with Brahmins at the top and the untouchable castes at the bottom-is no longer valid. From politics to gender to economic interaction, the contributors reveal how the erstwhile single, pure hierarchical order is constantly being questioned and weakened. The essays in this volume argue for a different conceptualisation of caste-one that would take into account the need for caste assertion and dignity as well as notions of hierarchy. The contributors show
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: The certitudes of caste: When identity trumps hierarchy; 1 - Caste panchayats and the policing of marriage in Haryana: Enforcing kinship and territorial exogamy; 2 - 'We (Yadavs) are a caste of politicians': Caste and modern politics in a north Indian town; 3 - Jains, caste and hierarchy in north Gujarat; 4 - Hierarchy, difference and the caste system: A study of rural Bihar; 5 - Replication or dissent? Culture and institutions among 'Untouchable' Scheduled Castes in Karnataka
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6 - Sikhism and the caste question: Dalits and their politics in contemporary Punjab7 - Inventing caste history: Dalit mobilisation and nationalist past; 8 - 'The Bedias are Rajputs': Caste consciousness of a marginal community; About the Editor and Contributors; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7619-3324-7
Language:
English
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