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Caste in question : identity or hierarchy? / edited by Dipankar Gupta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions to Indian sociology. Occasional studies ; 12.
- Contributions to Indian sociology. Occasional studies ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social structure--India.
- Social structure.
- Social stratification--India.
- Social stratification.
- Social classes--India.
- Social classes.
- Group identity--India.
- Group identity.
- Caste.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India Private Limited, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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traditional view of caste-as a single hierarchy, with Brahmins at the top and the untouchable castes at the bottom-is no longer valid.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
- Contents:
- 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
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42485-8
- 9786612424854
- 81-321-0345-9
- OCLC:
- 554575323
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