Caste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference
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 complex histori...
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| Language: | English |
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Politeja |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2225 |