
Caste in History
Oxford in India Readings: Themes in Indian History
Ishita Banerjee-Dube(Editor)
OUP India (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published in December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-19-806678-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, a part of the prestigious Themes in Indian History series, brings together the work of distinguished scholars on the analyzing caste and related socio-cultural processes. There are anthropological and ethnological collections on the issue of caste but this volume through a collection of seminal essays brings together the much-needed historical perspective on the issue.
A comprehensive introduction sets the tone for the consideration of the questions of caste. Beginning with the period of the coming of the Portuguese to India, the collection of essays considers caste in medieval and modern times. It brings together the ethno-sociological categories of study such as the census and village-community with the political and the historical-colonialism, nationality, and state-formation. The question is approached from both the macro-perspective considering prominent leaders, the national movement, and British imperialism as well as through micro-studies of specific communities and their practices. These wide-ranging topics are divided in four subsequent sections- Caste and Colonialism, Caste in Practice, Caste and Politics, and Caste in Everyday Life - the questions are considered from these various dimensions. Eminent contributors like Bernard Cohn, Frank Conlon, Eleanor Zelliot, Shail Mayaram, Shekhar Bandopadhyay's works feature in this volume along with several other equally incisive and readable essays. This volume will be indispensable for any collection or consideration related to the issue of caste.
A comprehensive introduction sets the tone for the consideration of the questions of caste. Beginning with the period of the coming of the Portuguese to India, the collection of essays considers caste in medieval and modern times. It brings together the ethno-sociological categories of study such as the census and village-community with the political and the historical-colonialism, nationality, and state-formation. The question is approached from both the macro-perspective considering prominent leaders, the national movement, and British imperialism as well as through micro-studies of specific communities and their practices. These wide-ranging topics are divided in four subsequent sections- Caste and Colonialism, Caste in Practice, Caste and Politics, and Caste in Everyday Life - the questions are considered from these various dimensions. Eminent contributors like Bernard Cohn, Frank Conlon, Eleanor Zelliot, Shail Mayaram, Shekhar Bandopadhyay's works feature in this volume along with several other equally incisive and readable essays. This volume will be indispensable for any collection or consideration related to the issue of caste.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Scholars, teachers, and students of history, sociology and anthropology and those interested in the study of caste in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial societies.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
several black and white line illustrations
several black and white line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-806678-1 (9780198066781)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Ishita Banerjee-Dube is Associate Professor, Centre for Asian and African Studies, El Ciolegio de Mexico
Editor
ProfessorProfessor, Centre for Asian and African Studies, El Ciolegio de Mexico
Content
INTRODUCTION: QUESTIONS OF CASTE, ISHITA BANERJEE-DUBE CASTE AND COLONIALISM; 4. THE BIRTH OF A JATI, FRANK F. CONLON; EXCERPT FROM THE NORTHERN NADARS OF TAMIL NADU BY DENIS TEMPLEMAN;; 8. SECURING THE RURAL CITIZEN: THE ANTI KALLAR MOVEMENT OF 1896, ANAND PANDIAN;; 13. . HIGHER CASTES AND LOWER CASTES IN KARANI, VIRAMMA, JOSIAN RACINE AND JEAN-LUC RACINE;