Beyond caste : : identity and power in South Asia, past and present / / by Sumit Guha.
Caste' is today almost universally perceived as an ancient and unchanging Hindu institution preserved solely by a deep-seated religious ideology. Yet the word itself is an importation from sixteenth-century Europe. This book tracks the long history of the practices amalgamated under this label...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Indological library, volume 44 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Indological library ;
v. 44. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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