Introduction: The certitudes of caste: When identity trumps hierarchy

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages

  Gupta, Dipankar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 29044438189     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670403800101     Document Type: Editorial

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