CASTE IN SOUTH ASIA: : FROM RITUAL HIERARCHY TO POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE
ABSTRACT Caste has been in existence for centuries in South Asia, though its forms and contents vary across the region. Caste is a mode of power, a weapon of action and one of the criteria of making people’s collective identity within groups. I argue, in this paper, that caste is a product of comple...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Politeja. - Księgarnia Akademicka. - (2016), 40, Seite 319-340 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2016
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Politeja |
| Schlagworte: | Caste system identity politics inequality collective bargaining Nepal Behavioral sciences Environmental studies Religion |
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