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Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India
Duke University Press
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ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2711-9
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter
The Racial Politics of the Savarna Hindu (or the Would-Be Savior)
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Published:June 2023
In chapter two, Shankar positions the brown savior within the historical caste-colonial rise of the savarnas. Shankar shows the way that racialized assumptions regarding dominant castes as inherently nonviolent, spiritual, and tecnologically savvy allow for this class of peoples to take on leading roles in the NGO sector.
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