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Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present /

'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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guha, Sumit
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Brill: c2016.
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University of Calicut

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Call Number: 305.512209 GUH /B
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