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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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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston,
Brill:
c2016.
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