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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 25 (1): 33–50.
Published: 01 November 1965
...Rajni Kothari; Rushikesh Maru Abstract A study of the interactions between the caste system and political democracy in India rejects the familiar theory that there is a dichotomy between a traditional society and a modern polity. On the contrary, it underlines the functional relevance of indigenous...
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Published: 01 August 2014
Figure 8. Upper-caste woman and lower-caste male servant. (Tending the Feet: Prosperous Woman: When you rub my feet with your hands, I am deeply contented. Servant: I know your pulse. Body Paste: Prosperous Woman: Rub a little more. . . . Servant: I might sprain you. . . .) Source: Vyanga More
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (5): 1104–1105.
Published: 01 November 1986
...Frank F. Conlon Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low-Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India . By Rosalind O'Hanlon xiv, 326 pp. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1985 . Bibliographic Note, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. $44.50. Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1981) 41 (1): 167–168.
Published: 01 November 1981
...Richard Burghart Naître Renonçant: Une Caste de Sannyāsi Villageois au Népal Central [To Be Born a Renouncer: A Caste of Sannyāsi Villagers in Central Nepal] . By Véronique Bouillier . Nanterre : Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative, Université de Paris X , 1979 . 264 pp...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (4): 865–866.
Published: 01 August 1982
...Paul G. Hiebert Caste and Christianity: Attitudes and Policies on Caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Missions in India . By Duncan B. Forrester . London : Curzon Press, Humanities Press , 1980 . viii, 202 pp. Bibliography, Index. $13.75 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1185–1186.
Published: 01 November 1999
...Lawrence A. Babb Indian Society through Personal Writings . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First published 1996). xi, 245 pp. $13.95 (paper). Village, Caste, Gender and Method . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 591–592.
Published: 01 May 1998
...David Rudner The Northern Nadars of Tamil Nadu. An Indian Caste in the Process of Change . By Dennis Templeman . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1996 . xxi, 284 p. $24.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 591...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 23 (S1): 151–197.
Published: 01 June 1964
... the Indian system of social stratification to the Hindu religious system. These concepts are applied to matters of personal conduct, health, and justice, and are fundamental to such well-known aspects of Indian culture as untouchability, limited access to wells, and the setting apart of a priestly caste. One...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (1): 276–278.
Published: 01 February 2014
...Chinnaiah Jangam I would like to point out a couple of typographical errors that need to be corrected: on page 220 Ranajit Guha's name is misspelled as “Rangit Guha,” and on page 222 the word “event” is missing the “t.” The Caste Question: Dalits and the Politics of Modern India...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (4): 1085–1090.
Published: 01 November 2014
... 43 , no. 1 ( 2000 ): 189 – 201 . 3 Daniel Immerwahr , “ Caste or Colony? Indianizing Race in the United States ,” Modern Intellectual History 4 , no. 2 ( 2007 ): 275 – 301 ; Daniel Immerwahr, “An Informal Memo on B. R. Ambedkar and U.S. Blacks” (unpublished manuscript...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 867–869.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Bernard Bate Caste, Gender, and Christianity in Colonial India: Telugu Women in Mission . By James Elisha Taneti . New York : Palgrave MacMillan , 2013 . xviii, 203 pp. ISBN: 9781137382283 (cloth; also available in paper and as e-book). Copyright © The Association...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 23 (4): 597–598.
Published: 01 August 1964
...Bernard Barber Clan, Caste, and Club . By F. L. K. Hsu . Princeton, N. J. : D. Van Nostrand Co. , 1963 . xi, 335 . $7.95. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1964 1964 BOOK REVIEWS 597 crash comes, which he expects, he fears that with his latest book, he will become...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 24 (3): 544–546.
Published: 01 May 1965
...Yogesh Atal Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1965 1965 Caste and Ritual in a Malwa Village . By K. S. Mathur . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1964 . viii, 215 . Bibliography, Plates, Index. $11.00. 544 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES India's northern mountainous...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 453–468.
Published: 01 May 1969
... one—through time, and attempts to demonstrate the changing relationship of that system to Indian politics and society in general, and to the low-caste communities of India in particular. We select the low-caste untouchables because they represent an extreme challenge to the integrative capacity...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (3): 633–634.
Published: 01 May 1969
...David F. Pocock The Indians in Uganda: A Study of Caste and Sect in a Plural Society . By H. S. Morris . Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 1968 . xi, 230 pp. Notes, Index. $8.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 BOOK REVIEWS of universal...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1969) 28 (4): 894–895.
Published: 01 August 1969
...Imtiaz Ahmad Patterns of Caste Tension: A Study of Intercaste Tension and Conflict . By K. K. Singh . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1968 . xiv , 118 pp. Tables, Appendices, $5.75. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 894 fine the concepts and methods...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (3): 495–496.
Published: 01 May 1967
...Douglas G. Haring Japan's Invisible Race. Caste in Culture and Personality . By George De Vos and Hiroshi Wagatsuma . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1966 . xxiii, 415 pp. $8.75. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 BOOK...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (4): 575–587.
Published: 01 August 1967
...Richard G. Fox Abstract Lack of agreement on basic definitions has often bedeviled the anthropological study of Indian society. A case in point is “caste,” which has enjoyed almost as many definitions as there are students involved in its study. This multiplicity undoubtedly promotes a broadened...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (4): 726–728.
Published: 01 August 1967
...Murray J. Leaf Caste and Kin in Nepal, India and Ceylon: Anthropological Studies in Hindu-Buddhist Contact Zones . Edited by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1966 . vii, 364 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Charts, Index. $13.50. Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1968) 27 (2): 428–429.
Published: 01 February 1968
...Ralph Pieris Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1968 1968 Under the Bo Tree: Studies in Caste, Kinship, and Marriage in the Interior of Ceylon . By Nur Yalman . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1967 . xi , 406 pp. Tables, Maps, Figures, Glossary...