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Caste in contemporary in India: Beyond organic solidarity/

t is often assumed that the caste system in South Asia has faded away. Yet it is indeed unlikely that a social structure organizing the political, economic, and ritual life of a people for over one thousand years could be totally expunged within a few decades. In this brief, cogent, and clear presen...

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Autore principale: Kolenda,Pauline
Natura: Printed Book
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Jaipur: Rawat, 1997.
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Riassunto:t is often assumed that the caste system in South Asia has faded away. Yet it is indeed unlikely that a social structure organizing the political, economic, and ritual life of a people for over one thousand years could be totally expunged within a few decades. In this brief, cogent, and clear presentation, caste is first considered as a system of descent-groups. Then the traditional caste system is analyzed, the evidence for its decline discussed, and the characteristics of the emerging new caste system examined.
Descrizione fisica:181p.
ISBN:8170333551