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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

This document provides the table of contents for the book "Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal" by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The book examines how caste hierarchies were established and reinforced during the colonial period in Bengal through competing discourses, popular religion, social reform movements, gender roles, and the development of territorial nationalism. It explores these topics over 11 chapters that analyze the historiography of caste and its influence on power structures, social mobility, and the formation of independent India.

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

This document provides the table of contents for the book "Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal" by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The book examines how caste hierarchies were established and reinforced during the colonial period in Bengal through competing discourses, popular religion, social reform movements, gender roles, and the development of territorial nationalism. It explores these topics over 11 chapters that analyze the historiography of caste and its influence on power structures, social mobility, and the formation of independent India.

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Hardcover

07-01-2004

ISBN: 9780761998495

Electronic Version

07-01-2004

ISBN: 9788132104070

$73.00

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: The Historiography of Caste in Bengal
Caste and Power
Competing Discourses in Colonial Bengal
Caste and Popular Religion
Revolt Against Hierarchy and Its Limits
Caste and Social Reform
The Case of Widow-Remarriage
Caste and Gender
Social Mobility and Status of Women
Caste and the Territorial Nation
Hindu Mahasabha, Partition and The Dalit
Conclusion
Index

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