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020 _a9781136198205
040 _cCUS
082 _a305.52
_bRAM/B
100 _aBairy, Ramesh
245 0 _aBeing brahmin being modern: Exploring the lives of caste today/
_cRamesh Bairy
260 _aLondon:
_bRoutledge,
_c2010.
300 _a357 p.
505 _aCover; Being Brahmin, Being Modern: Exploring the Lives of Caste Today; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Seeking a Foothold; 2 Question of Method: Caste in/and/as Identity; 3 The Modern World of Brahmins: A Schematic History; 4 Intersecting Voices, Shifting Identifications: Complicating the Contours of the Non-Brahminical Othering of the Brahmin; 5 The Bounds of Agency: Engaging the Space of Brahmin Associations; 6 Identities and Displacements: On the Selfhood of the Contemporary Brahmin; 7 Agency and Identity in the World of Brahmins; Bibliography; About the Author.
650 _aCaste -- India -- History -- 20th century.
650 _aCaste.
650 _aIndia.
942 _cWB16