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Caste, colonialism and counter-modernity : notes on a postcolonial hermeneutics of caste /
One prevalent socio-cultural structure that is peculiar to South Asia is caste, which is broadly understood in socio-anthropological terms as an institution of ranked, hereditary and occupational groups. This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they step...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | One prevalent socio-cultural structure that is peculiar to South Asia is caste, which is broadly understood in socio-anthropological terms as an institution of ranked, hereditary and occupational groups. This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they step into the twenty-first century. It investigates the limits of sociological and secular historical analysis of the caste system in South Asia and argues for ways of describing life-forms generated by caste on the subcontinent that supplement the accounts of caste in the social sciences. By. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203482239 9780203482230 1134291388 9781134291380 1280400277 9781280400278 9786610400270 661040027X |