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Annotation. It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society preserved the essentials of caste discrimination in colonial times, even while giving the outward appearance of having changed. Using empirical data combined with an impressive array of secondary sources, Dr Bandyopadhyay delineates the manner in which Hindu caste society maintained its cultural hegemony and structural cohesion. This was primarily achieved by frustrating reformist endeavours, by co-opting the challenges of the dalit, and by marginalising dissidence. It was through such a process of constant negotiation in the realm of popular culture, argues the author, that this oppressive social structure and its hierarchical ideology and values have survived. Starting with an examination of the relationship between caste and power, the book examines early cultural encounters between ̀high' Brahmanical tradition and the more egalitarian ̀popular' religious cults of the lower cas

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Author

Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa

Publisher

Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9789352800728

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Sociology, History