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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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caste race, stock XVI; hereditary class in Indian society XVII. — Sp., and (particularly in its Indian application) Pg.
casta, sb. use (sc.
raza,
raça race) of fem. of
casto pure, unmixed (see
CHASTE).
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Caste, class, and community in India: an ethnographic approach.
Magazine article from: Ethnology; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and material aspects of caste and class, this article...federation of potter castes or as simply a bloc of...help to understand how caste and class get constructed...3) that it explains caste in idealist ways as a...pollution, along which all castes in India can purportedly...
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Caste in question: identity or hierarchy?(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...claims that the terms 'low caste' or 'middle caste' have little or no meaning (p. xiii). Most castes, even those traditionally...the assertion that each caste has its own identity yet still places castes in hierarchical relationships...
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Castes Conflict in India; Affirmative Action Ignites Protest, Suicides
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/18/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...and lower-middle castes. Enraged by the...upper- and lower-caste landlords with private...finish the forward castes," said Sahjanand Sharma, an upper-caste school principal...influenced at birth by caste, Hinduism's divinely...are thousands of castes and sub-castes...
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Caste, Class and Family Structure in West Bengal Villages.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Journal of Comparative Family Studies; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...among nonagricultural castes regardless of their position in the caste hierarchy. In explaining...relationship between caste and family structure...hypothesis that landed castes are more likely to...family than landless castes in her survey of...association between caste status and ...
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Les Castes en Inde Aujourd'hui.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Pacific Affairs; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; LES CASTES EN INDE AUJOURD'HUI...provides a synthesis on caste in India, a topic...mobilization on the grounds of caste is often imperfect...mobilization of the lower castes is benign and even...the politicization of caste. Thus, he avoids...
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Caste in Transition
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today; 6/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...duties of four castes. Gurudeva, Satguru...The original caste system had these...s the brahmin caste. Every society has these four castes working within...colloquial form of caste known as the jati...within the four castes, and there are...
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Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
Magazine article from: Anthropological Quarterly; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...structuring) of the "caste system" in India, Nicholas B. Dirks' Castes of Mind: Colonialism...comprehensive archeology of caste consciousness and...Hindutva politics. Castes of Mind provides...the anthropology of caste. But Castes of Mind also represents...
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Caste aside. (social relations in India) (Asia)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/18/1990; 700+ words
; ...being further divided by caste. Traditional Hindu society had four broad castes. They were, in descending...was split into hundreds of castes more narrowly defined, and each narrow caste into dozens of sub-castes. People married and mixed...
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Caste, Gender and Armed Conflict in Rural Bihar
Magazine article from: NIAS Nytt; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...against them by upper castes. To understand contemporary caste 'wars' or 'genocide...politicization of caste. Interpersonal...between the upper castes and the Dalits...seen by the upper castes as their prerogative and since lower-caste women are perceived...
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Caste in stone.
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...against the lower castes continues unabated...policies have made caste identities more salient...against the lower castes continues unabated...policies have made caste identities more salient...stratification by caste. Though advances...representation of the lower castes, in many ...
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Castes, Hindu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Castes, Hindu The caste system is a form of...Interrelations between castes arose out of the need of one caste for the goods or Services...5) Hierarchy. Castes are arranged in some kind of order, each caste being superior or inferior...
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caste
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Africa). In general, caste functions to maintain...status quo in a society. Castes in India Nowhere is caste better exemplified by...function. The various castes in any given region...organized, with each caste corresponding roughly...
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Caste
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...which is rural, is caste-based as far as inheritance...hierarchy among various castes is further based on the...pollution. The higher the caste, the greater the purity...prescribed distance from the castes deemed pure to avoid...not uncommon for lower caste groups to live in segregated...
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Caste, Anthropology of
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...itself to the study of caste in India, from its...South Asia individual castes and subcastes are...and high-ranked castes as the descendents...thread of colonial caste theory, however...of higher-ranked castes (1956). Srinivas...received picture of the caste system as an ...
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Caste School of Race Relations
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
Caste School of Race Relations The label sometimes...attached to those authors who applied the term caste to the separation between Whites and Blacks...W. Lloyd Warner 's ‘American Caste and Class’ (American Journal...
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