| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Caste and power : competing discourses in colonial Bengal -- Caste and popular religion : revolt against hierarchy and its limits -- Caste and social reform : the case of widow remarriage -- Caste and gender : social mobility and the status of women -- Caste and the territorial nation : Hindu Mahasabha, partition, and the Dalit. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Caste -- India -- Bengal.
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Caste. |
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India -- Bengal. |
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Bengal (India) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara. Caste, culture, and hegemony. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004 (DLC) 2003028044 (OCoLC)53970596 |
| ISBN |
9788132104070 (electronic book) |
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8132104072 (electronic book) |
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0761998497 (US ; hardback) |
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9780761998495 (US ; hardback) |
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8178293161 (India ; hardback) |
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9788178293165 (India ; hardback) |
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0761932348 (paperback) |
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9780761932345 (paperback) |
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