Recasting caste: from the sacred to the profane
Singh, Hira
Recasting caste: from the sacred to the profane Hira Singh. - 287 pages 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying caste : ideas, material conditions and history -- Priest and prince : status/power muddle -- Varna to caste : religious and economic/political -- Caste and subaltern studies : elite ideology and revisionist historiography -- Inequalities between and within castes : kin, caste and land -- Changing land relations and caste : view from a village -- Indenture, religion and caste : the twin myths about hinduism and caste.
9788132113461 (hardback : alk. paper) Rs. 795/-
2013047748
Caste--History.--India
Hinduism--History.--India
HT720 / .H58 2014
305.5122/SIN
Recasting caste: from the sacred to the profane Hira Singh. - 287 pages 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying caste : ideas, material conditions and history -- Priest and prince : status/power muddle -- Varna to caste : religious and economic/political -- Caste and subaltern studies : elite ideology and revisionist historiography -- Inequalities between and within castes : kin, caste and land -- Changing land relations and caste : view from a village -- Indenture, religion and caste : the twin myths about hinduism and caste.
9788132113461 (hardback : alk. paper) Rs. 795/-
2013047748
Caste--History.--India
Hinduism--History.--India
HT720 / .H58 2014
305.5122/SIN