The embodiment of caste: Oppression, protest and change

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-114

  Gorringe, Hugo ^a,c   Rafanell, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Adam Ferguson Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Caste; Embodiment; Foucault; Social change; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846942300     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074721     Document Type: Article

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