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The Culturalization Of Caste In India
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Author : Balmurli Natrajan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-07-20
The Culturalization Of Caste In India written by Balmurli Natrajan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-20 with Political Science categories.
In India, caste groups ensure their durability in an era of multiculturalism by officially representing caste as cultural difference or ethnicity rather than as unequal descent-based relations. Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book addresses questions of how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy. Based on original fieldwork, the book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities so that the culture of a caste is produced, organized and naturalized in the process of transforming jati (fetishized blood and kinship) into samaj (fetishized culture). Castes are shown to not be homogenous cultural wholes but sites of hegemony where class, gender and hierarchy over-determine the meanings and materiality of caste. Arguing that there exists a new casteism in India akin to a new racism in the USA, built less on biology and descent and more on purported cultural differences and their rights to exist, the book presents an extended critique and a search for an alternative view of caste and anti-casteist politics. It is of interest to students and scholars of South Asian culture and society.
Hindu Culture And Caste System In India
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Author : Sunder Lal Sagar
language : en
Publisher: Delhi : Uppal Book Store
Release Date : 1975
Hindu Culture And Caste System In India written by Sunder Lal Sagar and has been published by Delhi : Uppal Book Store this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Religion categories.
Plea to tear down the caste system in Hindu society.
Status And Sacredness
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Author : Murray Milner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Status And Sacredness written by Murray Milner and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Caste categories.
Status and Sacredness provides a new theory of status and sacral relationships and a provocative reinterpretation of the Indian caste system and Hinduism. Milner shows how in India and many other social contexts status is a key resource, and that sacredness can be usefully understood as a special form of status. By analysing the nature of this resource Milner is able to provide powerful explanations of the key features of the social structure, culture, and religion. He argues against the widely held view that the Indian caste system is best understood as a unique cultural development, demonstrating that many of the seemingly exotic features are variations on themes common to other societies. Milner's analysis is rooted in a new theoretical framework called "resource structuralism" that helps to clarify the nature and significance of power and symbolic capital. The book thus provides a bold new analysis of India, an innovative approach to the analysis of religion, and an important contribution to social theory.
Caste Cult And Hierarchy
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Author : Pauline Kolenda
language : en
Publisher: Meerut : Folklore Institute ; New Delhi : Sole distributors, Manohar Book Service
Release Date : 1981
Caste Cult And Hierarchy written by Pauline Kolenda and has been published by Meerut : Folklore Institute ; New Delhi : Sole distributors, Manohar Book Service this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Caste categories.
Constructing Indian Christianities
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Author : Chad M. Bauman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-07
Constructing Indian Christianities written by Chad M. Bauman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Religion categories.
This volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and pertinent themes such as Dalit Indian Christianity, diasporic nationalism and conversion. The work will interest scholars and researchers of religious studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, modern Indian history, and politics.
Culture And Society In India
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Author : Nirmal Kumar Bose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Culture And Society In India written by Nirmal Kumar Bose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Caste categories.
The Culturalization Of Caste In India
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Author : Balmurli Natrajan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-07-20
The Culturalization Of Caste In India written by Balmurli Natrajan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-20 with Political Science categories.
In India, caste groups ensure their durability in an era of multiculturalism by officially representing caste as cultural difference or ethnicity rather than as unequal descent-based relations. Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book addresses questions of how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy. Based on original fieldwork, the book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities so that the culture of a caste is produced, organized and naturalized in the process of transforming jati (fetishized blood and kinship) into samaj (fetishized culture). Castes are shown to not be homogenous cultural wholes but sites of hegemony where class, gender and hierarchy over-determine the meanings and materiality of caste. Arguing that there exists a new casteism in India akin to a new racism in the USA, built less on biology and descent and more on purported cultural differences and their rights to exist, the book presents an extended critique and a search for an alternative view of caste and anti-casteist politics. It is of interest to students and scholars of South Asian culture and society.
Caste Culture And Hegemony
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Author : Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-08-19
Caste Culture And Hegemony written by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-19 with Social Science categories.
It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society preserved the essentials of caste discrimination in colonial times, even while giving the outward appearance of having changed. Using empirical data combined with an impressive array of secondary sources, Dr Bandyopadhyay delineates the manner in which Hindu caste society maintained its cultural hegemony and structural cohesion. Starting with an examination of the relationship between caste and power, the book examines early cultural encounters between `high` Brahmanical tradition and the more egalitarian `popular` religious cults of the lower castes. It moves on to take a close look at the relationship between caste and gender showing the reasons why the reform movement for widow remarriage failed. It ends with an examination of the Hindu `partition` campaign, which appropriated dalit autonomous politics and made Hinduism the foundation of an emergent Indian national identity. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay breaks with many of the assumptions of two important schools of thoughte"the Dumontian and the subalterne"and takes instead a more nuanced approach to show how high caste hegemony has been able to perpetuate itself. He thus takes up issues which go to the heart of contemporary problems in India`s social and political fabric.
Caste Culture In Indian Church
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Caste Culture In Indian Church written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Caste categories.
Papers presented at a seminar held in Madras in January 1991.
India Caste Culture And Traditions
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Author : Braja Bihārī Kumāra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01-01
India Caste Culture And Traditions written by Braja Bihārī Kumāra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Caste categories.