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 that of western academics) takes for granted the centrality of caste in Hindu society. Anthropologists in particular have been fascinated by the ritual aspects of caste. This tendency has been intensified by the influence of Louis Dumont on recent theorisations of caste. Some would argue that the attention paid to caste has tended to orientalism, emphasizing those features of Indian society that make it "exotic" from a western point of view.
The purpose of the present volume would be to question these approaches, offering a consideration of caste in relation to some other key dimensions of Indian society. Some contributions are predominantly theoretical or comparative, while others are based on local ethnography, but the overall aim is to provide an up-to-date review of the theorisation of caste which, while drawing on anthropological insights, is accessible to non-specialists.
The purpose of the present volume would be to question these approaches, offering a consideration of caste in relation to some other key dimensions of Indian society. Some contributions are predominantly theoretical or comparative, while others are based on local ethnography, but the overall aim is to provide an up-to-date review of the theorisation of caste which, while drawing on anthropological insights, is accessible to non-specialists.
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Mary Searle-Chatterjee is Senior Lecturer in Applied Community Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Ursula M. Sharma is Reader in Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Keele.
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South Asia, Cambridge University Press, Valghira Manickam, New York, Taivar Girasia, Oxford University Press, Indian Sociology, University of Chicago Press, Tamil Nadu, Blackwell Publishers, Clarendon Press, Cowley Road, Kanda Devi, Main Street, Princeton University Press, United States, University of California Press, Hindu India, Kegan Paul, New Delhi, Orient Longman, Adi Dharam, Andhra Pradesh, Communal Riots, Comparative Studies New!
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South Asia, Cambridge University Press, Valghira Manickam, New York, Taivar Girasia, Oxford University Press, Indian Sociology, University of Chicago Press, Tamil Nadu, Blackwell Publishers, Clarendon Press, Cowley Road, Kanda Devi, Main Street, Princeton University Press, United States, University of California Press, Hindu India, Kegan Paul, New Delhi, Orient Longman, Adi Dharam, Andhra Pradesh, Communal Riots, Comparative Studies New!
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- The Interpretation of Caste (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Declan Quigley on 5 pages
- South Asia (Sociology of Developing Societies) by Hamza Alavi on 4 pages
- Imagining India by Ronald Inden on 4 pages
- RL E: Anthropology and Ethnography: Caste and Kinship in Kangra (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography) by Jonathan P. Parry on page 48, page 120, and page 146
- Communal Riots in Post-Independence India by Asghar Ali Engineer on page 166, page 167, and page 168
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