Caste
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22367683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gopal Guru (Jawaharlal Nehru University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1898 |
| OpenAlex | W4235247228 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Caste in contemporary India is not a static social reality. It has been expanding beyond endogamy but with ideology of purity pollution. It has expanded into ecology, urban cities, sports, and rental markets. Hence, textual production of caste through its thick description in various anthropological accounts does not fully inform us about the expansive dimension of caste. Similarly, it is not simply the thought of the Hindu law giver Manu that gives us the idea of caste as truth. In fact, it is very much the practice of caste that helps us comprehend caste as social reality. In contemporary India caste is shifting its spheres and occupying those spheres that have not been accounted for in the available anthropological literature
Caste · Endogamy · Ethnic group · Expansive · Hinduism · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |