Caste In Question: Identity Or Hierarchy?

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This volume offers a new understanding of caste in contemporary India

• Caste In Question: Identity Or Hierarchy? available on November 05 2023 from Indigo for 76.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780761933243 ξ3 registered November 05 2023
  
• ISBN bar code 9780761933243 ξ1 registered May 23 2012
  
• ISBN bar code 9780761933243 ξ2 registered April 23 2012
  
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It argues that the traditional view of caste - as a single hierarchy, with Brahmans at the top and the untouchable castes at the bottom - is no longer valid. Based on fieldwork, the articles in this volume prove that ritual dominance does not determine the nature of caste interactions in any way. From politics to gender to economic interaction, the single, pure hierarchy is constantly being questioned and weakened. Castes that once had the status of shudras are now claiming, on occasions, a position superior to Brahmans and Kshatriyas; agrarian castes - such as Jats, Ahirs and Gujars - are at the political forefront, taking caste identities outside the village; the once passive untouchable castes are now aggressive and militant, and aware of their rights in a democratic society. This exciting collection of original articles demonstrates how caste identity today challenges the outdated notion of a single, all-encompassing hierarchy, within which each caste co-exists peacefully.

^ (2012). Caste in Question: Identity or Hierarchy? ISBN 9780761933243 (revised Oct 2013)
^ Dipankar Gupta (2004). Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?, Sage Publications. Wiki. ISBN 9780761933243 (revised Apr 2012)
^ Caste In Question: Identity Or Hierarchy? Indigo. ISBN 9780761933243 (revised Nov 2023)