See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

45 used & new from $2.00

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Tell the Publisher! I�d like to read this book on Kindle Don�t have a Kindle? Get yours here.

Hierarchy and Its Discontents: Culture and the Politics of Consciousness in Caste Society (Paperback)

by Steven M. Parish (Author)

No customer reviews yet. Be the first.

Available from these sellers.

14 new from $4.63 30 used from $2.00 1 collectible from $20.60

Also Available in:	List Price:	Our Price:	Other Offers:
Hardcover (First Edition)			4 used & new from $6.98
Unknown Binding			3 used & new from $13.00

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience

by Gananath Obeyesekere

3.0 out of 5 stars (5) $15.30

Culture and Identity: The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology

by Charles Lindholm

5.0 out of 5 stars (1) $39.96

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, New Edition

by Benedict Anderson

4.1 out of 5 stars (30) $13.57

Learning How to Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language)

by Charles L. Briggs

5.0 out of 5 stars (1) $31.49

Subjectivity: Ethnographic Investigations (Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity)

by Jo�o Biehl

$23.35

› Explore similar items

Product Details

Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (June 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812215516
ISBN-13: 978-0812215519
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,272,605 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Look Inside This Book

Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover

Citations (learn more)

9 books cite this book:

Sexuality, Obscenity, And Community: Women, Muslims, and the Hindu Public in Colonial India by Charu Gupta on page 324, and Back Matter
Sexuality, Obscenity, And Community: Women, Muslims, and the Hindu Public in Colonial India by Charu Gupta on page 324, and Back Matter
The Anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian Themes by David N. Gellner on page 295, and Back Matter
Coming of Age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, Courtship and Sexuality (Nias Studies in Asian Topics, 30) by Pranee Rice in Back Matter
Social Complexity in the Making: A Case Study AMong the Arapesh of New Guinea by Donald Tuzin in Back Matter

See all 9 books citing this book

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

caste(1)

hierarchy(1)

nepal(1)

Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search

No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet. Create your own review

Video reviews

New feature! Amazon now allows customers to upload product video reviews. Use a webcam or video camera to record and upload reviews to Amazon.

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; }