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The Oxford Handbook of Caste by Surinder S. Jodhka; Jules Naudet is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Oxford Handbook of Caste about?
Beginning with the 1990s, the subject of caste has seen a profound increase in interest among scholars. What was until then approached as a fossilized tradition of the ritual-obsessed Hindus refusing to see the progressive spirits of the emerging world and studied as a branch of anthropology, suddenly began to be seen as a complex reality deeply embedded in a range of institutions and social practices, attracting scholars from a wide range of disciplines--sociology, political science, history, literature, and even economics. Underlying this opening of the subject of caste were many factors: epistemic, empirical, and political. Caste is no longer approached through the classical binaries of 'traditional' and 'modern'; the 'East' and the 'West'; or the 'closed' and 'open' systems of stratification. With the growing consolidation of caste-based identities among those ranked lower down in the hierarchy since the 1990s, raising questions of citizenship and dignity, the subject has acquired a new salience. As the emerging research shows, the realities of caste on the ground have always been diverse across regions, often contested and ever changing. This Handbook presents a wide range of
Who reads The Oxford Handbook of Caste?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Surinder S. Jodhka; Jules Naudet
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198896722
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, History