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This volume offers for the first time a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the making and maintenance of a modern caste society in colonial and postcolonial West Bengal in India. Drawing on cutting-edge multidisciplinary scholarship, it explains why caste continues to be neglected in the politics of and scholarship on West Bengal, and how caste relations have permeated the politics of the region until today. The essays presented here dispel the myth that caste does not matter in Bengali society and politics, and make possible meaningful comparisons and contrasts with other regions in South Asia.
The work will interest scholars and researchers in sociology, social anthropology, politics, modern Indian history and cultural studies.
- Autors Uday Chandra, Geir Heierstad, Kenneth Bo Nielsen
- ISBN13 9781138921481
- ISBN10 1138921483
- Pàgines 272
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 12/05/2026
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The Politics of Caste in West Bengal
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- Uday Chandra, Geir Heierstad, Kenneth Bo Nielsen
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