The Changing World Of Caste And Hierarchy In Bengal

Author : Sudarshana Bhaumik
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000641431

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The Changing World of Caste and Hierarchy in Bengal by Sudarshana Bhaumik Pdf

This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. It studies the writings of colonial ethnographers, Orientalist scholars, Christian missionaries and pre-colonial literary texts like the Mangalkavyas to show how the concept of caste emerged and argues that the jati order in Bengal was far from being a rigidly reified structure, but one which had room for spatial and social mobility. The volume highlights the processes through which popular myths and beliefs of the lower caste orders of Bengal were Sanskritized. It delineates the linkages between sedantized peasant culture and the emergence of new agricultural castes in colonial Bengal. Moreover, the author discusses a wide spectrum of issues like marginality and hierarchy, the spread of Brahmanical hegemony, the creation of deities and the process of Sanskritization, popular Saivism, the cult of Manasa in Bengal and the revolt of 1857 and the caste question. Rich in archival sources, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of colonial history, Indian history, political sociology, caste studies, exclusion studies, cultural studies, social history, cultural history and South Asian studies, especially those interested in undivided Bengal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8178246759

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Caste in Bengal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Deboshruti Roychowdhury Roychowdhury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Caste
ISBN : 9381345058

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Gender and Caste Hierarchy in Colonial Bengal by Deboshruti Roychowdhury Roychowdhury Pdf

This book breaks new ground in perceiving the interrelations among class, caste, religious and gender identities to grasp the complex notion of ideal womanhood in the nineteenth century. It argues that this was not restricted to the upper caste bhadramahila but was accepted by more marginalised so-called lower castes like the subarnabaniks (gold merchants), gandhabaniks (spice merchants), mahishyas (prosperous farmers) sadgopes (prosperous peasantry), among others, to move up the caste hierarchy. If women were seen to be educated, running their homes as 'aware' housewives, becoming companions to their husbands, and always constant in their chastity, their caste gained in status. British rule had introduced significant socio-political and economic changes, creating a fertile environment for upward mobility. In her careful discussion on caste and gender, the author reveals the strategically veiled relationships between caste and women, 'within which women of all strata were arguably locked'. Questioning the pre-modern and 'traditional' perceptions of Indian societies in which the members of society are generally characterised as unreasoning followers of ideologies, this book analyses the different historical forces that have shaped the notion of ideal womanhood and gendered social relations in a constantly shifting caste-based social order.

Author : Ranjit Sen,Snigdha Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025231072

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Caste, Class and the Raj by Ranjit Sen,Snigdha Sen Pdf

Author : Ayan Guha
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004514560

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The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics by Ayan Guha Pdf

The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change critically engages with the political dynamics of caste in West Bengal and explores the reasons for the relative insignificance of caste as a political category in the state.

Author : Mridula Nath Chakraborty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317818892

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Being Bengali by Mridula Nath Chakraborty Pdf

Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengali identity – "Bengaliness" – is complicated by its long history of evolution, the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by virtue of a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book explores a wide range of issues connected with Bengali identity. Amongst other subjects, it considers the special problems arising as a result of the division of Bengal, and concludes by demonstrating that there are many factors which make for the idea of a Bengali identity.

Author : Uday Chandra,Geir Heierstad,Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Publisher : Routledge India
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Caste
ISBN : 1138921483

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The Politics of Caste in West Bengal by Uday Chandra,Geir Heierstad,Kenneth Bo Nielsen Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the changing dynamics of politics of caste in colonial and postcolonial West Bengal. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship and using an interdisciplinary approach, it examines why caste continues to be neglected in the politics of the state, as also how caste relations have permeated the politics of the region.

Author : H. H. Risley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Anthropometry
ISBN : CORNELL:31924023581121

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The Tribes and Castes of Bengal by H. H. Risley Pdf

Author : Uday Chandra,Geir Heierstad,Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317414773

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The Politics of Caste in West Bengal by Uday Chandra,Geir Heierstad,Kenneth Bo Nielsen Pdf

This volume offers for the first time a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the making and maintenance of a modern caste society in colonial and postcolonial West Bengal in India. Drawing on cutting-edge multidisciplinary scholarship, it explains why caste continues to be neglected in the politics of and scholarship on West Bengal, and how caste relations have permeated the politics of the region until today. The essays presented here dispel the myth that caste does not matter in Bengali society and politics, and make possible meaningful comparisons and contrasts with other regions in South Asia. The work will interest scholars and researchers in sociology, social anthropology, politics, modern Indian history and cultural studies.

Author : A. R. Gupta
Publisher : New Delhi : Jyotsna Prakashan
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Caste
ISBN : UOM:39015046858760

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Caste Hierarchy and Social Change by A. R. Gupta Pdf

Author : Nicholas B. Dirks
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0472064347

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Colonialism and Culture by Nicholas B. Dirks Pdf

Provides new and important perspectives on the complex character of colonial history

Author : Vinayak Chaturvedi
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781684597

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Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial by Vinayak Chaturvedi Pdf

Inspired by Antonio Gramsci's writings on the history of subaltern classes, the authors in Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial sought to contest the elite histories of Indian nationalists by adopting the paradigm of 'history from below'. Later on, the project shifted from its social history origins by drawing upon an eclectic group of thinkers that included Edward Said, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. This book provides a comprehensive balance sheet of the project and its developments, including Ranajit Guha's original subaltern studies manifesto, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak.

Author : Diana Brydon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000887754

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Postcolonlsm by Diana Brydon Pdf

First published in 2004. This is Volume III of Postcolonialism part of a series of critical concepts in literary and cultural studies. This edition includes part six on Orientalisms, part seven on Thinking/Working Through Race and part eight which covers Feminisms and Gender Analysis.

Author : Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761998495

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Pdf

It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society preserved the essentials of caste discrimination in colonial times, even while giving the outward appearance of having changed. Using empirical data combined with an impressive array of secondary sources, Dr Bandyopadhyay delineates the manner in which Hindu caste society maintained its cultural hegemony and structural cohesion. Starting with an examination of the relationship between caste and power, the book examines early cultural encounters between `high` Brahmanical tradition and the more egalitarian `popular` religious cults of the lower castes. It moves on to take a close look at the relationship between caste and gender showing the reasons why the reform movement for widow remarriage failed. It ends with an examination of the Hindu `partition` campaign, which appropriated dalit autonomous politics and made Hinduism the foundation of an emergent Indian national identity. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay breaks with many of the assumptions of two important schools of thoughte"the Dumontian and the subalterne"and takes instead a more nuanced approach to show how high caste hegemony has been able to perpetuate itself. He thus takes up issues which go to the heart of contemporary problems in India`s social and political fabric.

Author : Diana Brydon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000887594

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Postcolonlsm:Crit Concepts V3 by Diana Brydon Pdf

First published in 2004. This is Volume III of Postcolonialism part of a series of critical concepts in literary and cultural studies. This edition includes part six on Orientalisms, part seven on Thinking/Working Through Race and part eight which covers Feminisms and Gender Analysis.