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Caste, Class and Shifting Faces of Hinduness in a North Indian City
Published on 19. May 2005
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-19-566400-3 (ISBN)
Description
Providing an ethnographic account of the shifts in political preferences of upper caste Hindus in a North Indian city, this book explores how a community consisting predominantly of Hindu nationalists relates to the Muslim and Dalit communities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, and politics apart from journalists, policy makers, and the lay reader.
Illustrations
map
map
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 136 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-566400-3 (9780195664003)
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Person
Kathinka Froystad, Dr, Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo