From: "David Strohl" <davidjstrohl-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Caste Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:12:16 +0000 I think Margret is referring to India: the social anthropology of a civilization by Cohn. The publisher is supposed to be putting out a new edition, but I haven't seen it in the States yet. Cohn has a few critical essays on caste that might be of some help. Gavin Flood also has a very good book, Intro to Hinduism, which might help you. All the best, David Strohl >From: trawick-AT-clear.net.nz >Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU >To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU >Subject: Re: Caste >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:52:03 +1200 > >Joe - > >It's unlikely that anyone would dare attempt a >straightforward discussion/explanation of caste anymore. It >is not a straightforward thing. If you go back to books >written thirty or forty years ago, you might find what you >are looking for. Back then, Bernard Cohn wrote a little >book that offered Indian civ in a nutshell. It must have >had a section on caste. This was the same Bernard Cohn who >later became celebrated as the Edward Said of South Asia, >sort of. He was deeply critical of essentialist >descriptions of caste, or of any picture of Indian history >or society that did not take into account the fictions >wrought by the British Raj, and the effect of those fictions >on how people actually came to be organized over there. > >Anyway, good luck. > >Margaret > > >----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Greetings All: > > Only 3 weeks till the end of the semester!!!! > > On a more serious note, can someone suggest an > > *accessible* and straightforward discussion/explanation > > of the Indian Caste system? I'm not looking for > > theoretical, "academic" discussions such as Rajan, or Das, > > but more textbook like discussions of the history and > > performance of caste. thanks in advance. Walk Good--Joe > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- _________________________________________________________________ Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS forms ^Ö all in one place at MSN Money! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/home.asp --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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