Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Culture and Its Critique -- Chapter 1. God-Chariots in a Garden of Castes -- Chapter 2. Equality and Hierarchy -- Chapter 3. Constructing Hierarchy: India as "Other" -- Chapter 4. Ambivalences -- Chapter 5. Holism and Necessity: Conflicting Visions of Caste Life -- Chapter 6. The Indian Untouchable's Critique of Culture -- Conclusion: The Politics of Consciousness -- Postscript: The Problem of Power -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index
Summary
The caste system fascinates Western scholars because it forms the basis for South Asian society--but how does it affect its participants?
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In English
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