Laura Dudley Jenkins

Identity and Identification in India

Defining the Disadvantaged

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This historically grounded examination of ongoing constructions of caste, class, religion and gender in India contributes new insights about the relationship between state identifications and social identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780415560627
• ISBN-10: 0415560624
• Artikelnr.: 28109084

Autorenporträt

Laura Dudley Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Identity and Identification Part One: State
Simplifications 2. Adjudicating Identities 3. Official Anthropology 4.
Caste Certificates and Lists 5. Categorizing and Counting in the Census
Part Two: Political Complications 6. 'Backward' Muslims and 'Scheduled
Caste' Christians 7. Hindu Nationalism and Selective Inclusion 8. Class,
Classification and Creamy Layers 9. Women's Reservations and
Representations 10. Conclusions Notes Bibliography Appendix Index