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Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region

Book by Adrian C. Mayer; University of California Press, 1960

Subjects:

Caste--India

Collections: History, Entire Library

...INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CASTE T HIS book has so far...people of different castes. In particular, they...members of their own caste or, more particularly...how far the effective groups within the caste cover...the effective local group within a caste is a...level of the effective caste group and subcaste group...
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Aspects of Caste in South India, Ceylon, and North-West Pakistan

Book by E. R. Leach; University Press, 1962

Subjects:

Caste--India

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the underprivileged group must compete among...to closed minority groups of low social status...high-status dominant caste, to whom the low...members of the lower castes. In a class system...caste system. The low castes suffer economically not because they are low castes but because present...position is not their caste but the recent rapid...Ceylon today whole caste groups are tending to emerge...If a whole caste group plays the role of a...
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Caste, Class, and Occupation

Book by G. S. Ghurye; Popular Book Depot, 1961

Subjects:

Caste--India, Ethnology--India

Collections: History, Entire Library

...for their caste-group. But nothing of...consolidation of the caste-group. Mr. Middleton...Administration on caste in the Panjab. He...classification of occupational castes; that these castes...among the higher castes, but malleable amongst...holed every one by caste, and if we could...
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Caste in Modern India: And Other Essays

Book by M. N. Srinivas; Asia Publishing House, 1962

Subjects:

Caste--India, India--Social Conditions--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...indeed a wide gulf between caste as an endogamous and ritual unit, and the caste-like units which are so active...level are also leaders of their castes, and through this, of their...attached to the activity of caste in the field of politics...and Ceylon today whole caste groups are tending to emerge as political...as such. If a whole caste group plays the role of a political...
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Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India

Book by Karin Kapadia; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

Caste--India, South, Social Classes--India, South, Women--India, South--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...all of his joining a mixed-caste group of pilgrims each year. The...weeks after the larger, all-caste group had gone. Thus, Sabarimalai...opportunity to temporarily disregard caste, but it was not an opportunity...Possession and Belief The upper castes were not very enthusiastic...

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Journal Articles on: caste group

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Ending Caste Discrimination in India: Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect (R2p) Individuals and Groups from Discrimination at the Domestic and International Levels

Journal article by Jeremy Sarkin, Mark Koenig; The George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 41, 2010

Subjects:

Caste, Discrimination, Human rights, India, Social impact

Collections: Entire Library

...discrimination,1 wherein a group of people are given a "specific...difficulty of the fight to end caste discrimination more than India...development of society."4 Caste discrimination sees its victims...subordinate themselves before upper caste neighbors, discriminated against...killings of members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes by the...frequent failure to protect these groups against acts of communal violence...
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Health Inequity and Women's Self-help Groups in India: the Role of Caste and Class

Journal article by Anant Kumar; Health Sociology Review, Vol. 16, 2007

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...Womens Self-help Groups in India: the Role of Caste and Class by Anant...discrete groups or castes. The caste system...from each of these groups using a variety...studies and focus group discussions that...of the Scheduled Castes than among women...taken by the upper castes; we are not getting...overall. Better-off caste groups experienced more...
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The Ethnicity of Caste

Journal article by Deepa S. Reddy; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 78, 2005

Subjects:

Activism, Caste, Ethnicity, Globalization, India, Race

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...untenable, "every social group cannot be regarded...Beteille, then, equating caste with race was both...linguistic or ethnic groups from all parts of the...clarifying that indeed, castes are not races (biologically...lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes...defining Scheduled Castes as a group outside the caste system, since in some...more than one caste group, but at the same time...excluding some existing groups and including others...
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Caste, Class, and Community in India: An Ethnographic Approach

Journal article by Balmurli Natrajan; Ethnology, Vol. 44, 2005

Subjects:

Caste, Ethnology, Social class, Social classes

Collections: Entire Library

...focus on relations between castes that simultaneously comprehends the dynamics within a caste, as attempted in this article...since it is at this level of group formation that the following questions can be posed: How do castes originate as groups that represent themselves...identities) emerge within a caste? Most important, how does...
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The Disintegration of Caste and Changing Concepts of Indian Ethnic Identity in Mauritius

Journal article by Oddvar Hollup; Ethnology, Vol. 33, 1994

Subjects:

Caste--Political aspects, Indians in foreign countries--Social aspects, Mauritius--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...as belonging to the fathers caste. The castes of Hindus in Mauritius constitute kinship networks or social groups, not bounded endogamous units...the same way as subcastes or castes. There is a preference to marry someone of a higher caste than oneself rather than a...maintain the purity of the group and ensure separation. Endogamy...

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Magazine Articles on: caste group

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Caste Off

Magazine article; Foreign Policy, September 2005

Subjects:

Caste--Analysis, India--Economic aspects

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...the researchers offered a group of 11-12-year-old boys...to be unfairly treated when caste was made salient, which for...of Transition. Officially, caste is outlawed by the Indian constitution...the lowest "untouchable" caste. The government has practiced...bureaucracies for members of the lower castes. But, as the research suggests...
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Caste Away

Magazine article by Carla Power; Mother Jones, Vol. 26, July 2001

Subjects:

Caste, Civil rights, Equality, India

Collections: Entire Library

...with Dalits, the social group formerly known as "untouchables...Brahmins, or the priestly caste, were at the top, followed...of Indias population lives, caste discrimination still flourishes...denied land and decent jobs. "Caste feeling is so embedded in people...reserved for people from higher castes. In Tamil Nadu, the Dalit...
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India: Caste and Great State Nationalism an Exchange

Magazine article by S.V. Rajadurai, V. Geetha; Monthly Review, Vol. 49, June 1997

Subjects:

Ahmad, Aijaz--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Caste--India, India--Economic aspects, Nationalism--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

India: Caste and Great State Nationalism...nationalities and ethnic groups with their cultures and...Indias case is riven by caste, class, communal and...but as the famed anti-caste radicals of India, Dr...a member of the womens group "Snehidi" based in Chennai...
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CASTE AWAY : Touched by the Untouchable

Magazine article by Jo Mcgowan; Commonweal, Vol. 128, May 18, 2001

Subjects:

Caste--India, Ethnology--India, India--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

CASTE AWAY : Touched by the untouchable...still far from ideal. The caste system, the lack of education...stories, were in one large group while the helpers stood awkwardly...lines are drawn here between castes and classes. Any work involving...simply unthinkable that a high-caste person would ever stoop so...
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Caste: Still a Key Issue in the Minds of Indian Voters

Magazine article by M.m. Ali; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 10, July 1991

Subjects:

Elections, India, International, Politics, Social conditions & trends, Society

Collections: Entire Library

...year to implement the caste-related recommendations...belonging to the upper castes indulged in public self...at the bottom of the caste system that has kept...priests and the ruling group. Within each caste lie the subcastes or sub-groups. The lowest -- Shudras...isolated from the upper castes and deprived of all...

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Newspaper Articles on: caste group

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CASTE GROUP HOPING FOR LAW CHANGE; City Charity Wants End to Discrimination

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), December 17, 2010

Subjects:

Age discrimination, Caste, Charities, Discrimination in education, Educational discrimination

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CASTE GROUP HOPING FOR LAW CHANGE; City...discrimination. City-based charity Caste-WatchUK claims British Asians from the so-called lower castes face discrimination at school...racism, it doesnt recognise caste. But a new study, which...
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'DON'T FORGET US,' SAY CASTE GROUP Campaigners Call for Action on; Campaigners Call for Action on 'Forgotten Issue'

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 7, 2011

Subjects:

Caste

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DONT FORGET US, SAY CASTE GROUP Campaigners Call for Action...found conclusive evidence of caste discrimination in December...long-running campaign to get caste included in the Equality Act...about it. They claim including caste in the law is an infringement...from the so-called "lower castes" had been discriminated against...
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TIME TO CASTE OUT PREJUDICE; City-Based Group Wins Fight to Have Discrimination: Based on Birth Included in New Equality Bill

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 5, 2010

Subjects:

United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Lords

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

TIME TO CASTE OUT PREJUDICE; City-Based Group Wins Fight to Have Discrimination...hitting campaign to tackle caste prejudice. CasteWatchUK members...last five years lobbying for caste discrimination to be outlawed...from the so-called lower castes face bullying at school and...
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MISERY OF THE UNTOUCHABLES; TODAY a Coventry Campaign Group Is Urging the Government to Recognise That Thousands of British Asians Face Discrimination Because of Their Caste. Yesterday We Looked at Caste Prejudice in Coventry. Here MARY GRIFFIN Investigates Caste Discrimination in Bangladesh

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 4, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Here MARY GRIFFIN Investigates Caste Discrimination in Bangladesh...out of the four-tier Hindu caste hierarchy, are literally outcasts...will contaminate the higher castes. The Dalits of Dhaka are not only a caste minority but a religious minority...BANGLADESH Dalit Human Rights is a group seeking to lead a civil rights...most vulnerable and excluded groups in Bangladesh, including Dalits...
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Me, Racist? I Disguised Myself as a Half-Caste to Discover the Real Africa

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 23, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Disguised Myself as a Half-Caste to Discover the Real Africa...life as an African "half-caste". The revelation comes after...Pushy" was accused of telling a group of black New Yorkers to "go...to be an African, a half-caste African of course. With my...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: caste group

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Caste

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...The explanation that Indian castes were originally based on color...and cultural variety of such groups. Castes may reflect distinctiveness...part. Divergence within a caste on any of these lines will...result in the formation of new castes. Every type of social group as it appears may be fitted...
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Marriage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the incest taboo, proscriptive; they generally apply to kinship groups such as clan or lineage; residential groups; and social groups such as the ethnic group, caste , or class. Marriage is usually heterosexual and entails exclusive rights...
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Bhakti

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...inner feelings as opposed to institutional forms of religion and to disregard caste distinctions. Great devotees and saints such as the Alvars of S India (a Vaishnavite group of wandering singers), Mirabai, Tukaram, Tulsidasa, Kabir , and Chaitanya...
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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...public services, the caste system continues to be...ethnic and religious groups. In 1989 he was defeated...opposition political group, the Hindu nationalist...government, lower-caste Indians, southerners...suspected a Muslim terror group. The attack was the...Gilmour, The Ruling Caste (2006...
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Nepal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...south. The chief ethnic group, the Newars, were...Katmandu valley. Other groups include the Chettris...Gurungs. Several ethnic groups are classified together...applied to the fighting castes, who achieved fame...and there are smaller groups of Muslims and others. Tribal and caste distinctions are still...Nepal from India, and a group of Hindu Rajput warriors...

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