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Title Caste in question : identity or hierarchy? / edited by Dipankar Gupta
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 255 pages)
Series Contributions to Indian sociology ; 12
Contributions to Indian sociology. Occasional studies ; 12.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: The certitudes of caste: When identity trumps hierarchy; 1 -- Caste panchayats and the policing of marriage in Haryana: Enforcing kinship and territorial exogamy; 2 -- 'We (Yadavs) are a caste of politicians': Caste and modern politics in a north Indian town; 3 -- Jains, caste and hierarchy in north Gujarat; 4 -- Hierarchy, difference and the caste system: A study of rural Bihar; 5 -- Replication or dissent? Culture and institutions among 'Untouchable' Scheduled Castes in Karnataka
Summary In Indian context
"This important volume provides an alternative perspective on caste. It demonstrates that the traditional view of caste -- as a single hierarchy, with Brahmins at the top and the untouchable castes at the bottom -- is no longer valid. From politics to gender to economic interaction, the contributors reveal how the erstwhile single, pure hierarchical order is constantly being questioned and weakened. The essays in this volume argue for a different conceptualisation of caste -- one that would take into account the need for caste assertion and dignity as well as notions of hierarchy. The contributors show that while pride in one's caste identity is an important feature of the caste order, this is not incompatible with contesting notions of hierarchy. Caste is now better seen in terms, first, of discrete identities and then in terms of multiple and contesting hierarchies. Using contemporary experiences, this exciting volume reflects on received wisdom concerning theories of caste and provides an entirely fresh perspective."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Caste.
Social classes -- India
Group identity -- India
Social structure -- India
Social stratification -- India
Caste -- India.
Social Class
castes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
Caste
Group identity
Social classes
Social stratification
Social structure
Kaste
Aufsatzsammlung
India
Indien
Form Electronic book
Author Gupta, Dipankar, 1949-
ISBN 9788132103455
8132103459