The ethnicity of caste

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 543-584

  Reddy, Deepa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Caste; Dalits; Ethnicity; Globalization; India; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644438347     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2005.0038     Document Type: Review

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