Caste and politics: Identity over system

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 409-427

  Gupta, Dipankar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Difference; Hierarchy; Reservation; Scheduled caste; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CASTE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 27844489093     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120649     Document Type: Article

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