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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Hardcover | Engels
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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 castes. It moves on to take a close look at the relationship between caste and gender showing the reasons why the reform movement for widow remarriage failed. It ends with an examination of the Hindu `partition′ campaign, which appropriated dalit autonomous politics and made Hinduism the foundation of an emergent Indian national identity.

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay breaks with many of the assumptions of two important schools of thought - the Dumontian and the subaltern - and takes instead a more nuanced approach to show how high caste hegemony has been able to perpetuate itself. He thus takes up issues which go to the heart of contemporary problems in India′s social and political fabric. This important and original contribution will be widely welcomed by historians, sociologists and political scientists.

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Aantal bladzijden:
256
Taal:
Engels

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Productcode (EAN):
9780761998495
Verschijningsdatum:
21/08/2018
Uitvoering:
Hardcover
Formaat:
Genaaid
Afmetingen:
149 mm x 212 mm
Gewicht:
417 g
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