The Culturalization of Caste in India Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age |
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| Author:
| Natrajan, Balmurli |
| Series title: | Routledge Contemporary South Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-77997-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $207.00 |
Book Description:
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Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities and casteism as cultural preference. It addresses the questions how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy and whether there is there a new casteism in India.
Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities and casteism as cultural preference. It addresses the questions how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy and whether there is there a new casteism in India.