Caste, culture, and hegemony : social domination in colonial Bengal /

It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society prese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004.
Temas:
Caste > India > Bengal.
Castes > Inde > Bengale.
Castes > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Caste
Social conditions
Kaste
Koloniale periode.
Sociale structuur.
Bengal (India) > Social conditions.
Bengale (Inde) > Conditions sociales.
India > Bengal
Bengalen
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Caste and power : competing discourses in colonial Bengal
  • Caste and popular religion : revolt against hierarchy and its limits
  • Caste and social reform : the case of widow remarriage
  • Caste and gender : social mobility and the status of women
  • Caste and the territorial nation : Hindu Mahasabha, partition, and the Dalit.

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