Castes of Mind : Colonialism and the Making of Modern India /

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When thinking of India, it is hard not to think of caste. In academic and common parlance alike, caste has become a central symbol for India, marking it as fundamentally different from other places while expressing its essence. Nicholas Dirks argues that caste is, in fact, neither an unchanged survi...

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Main Author: Dirks, Nicholas B., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kolonialisme.
Kastenstelsel.
Kaste
Kolonialismus
Social classes.
Caste.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Classes sociales > Inde.
Castes > Inde.
Social classes > India.
Caste > India.
Grossbritannien
Indien
India.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART ONE: THE "INVENTION" OF CASTE; PART TWO: COLONIZATION OF THE ARCHIVE; PART THREE: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC STATE; PART FOUR: RECASTING INDIA: CASTE, COMMUNITY, AND POLITICS; Notes; Index.

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