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...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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