Caste by M. N. Srinivas
Its Twentieth Century Avatar
A sociological exploration of India’s caste system that portrays it as a flexible, evolving social order rather than a fixed religious hierarchy. Drawing on fieldwork, it explains how ritual status, economic power, and political influence intersect, introduces concepts like Sanskritization, Westernization, and the dominant caste to account for mobility and change, and shows how colonial rule, modernization, and democratic politics have reshaped identities and inter-caste relations while leaving enduring inequalities.
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- Published
- 1996
- Nationality
- Indian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400–450
- Original Language
- English
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