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Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges: Passages of Resistance - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific New edition
Assa Doron
Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges: Passages of Resistance - Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific New edition
Assa Doron
A study of power and resistance in everyday life which investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organisation and used their privileged position on the river to contest upper-caste and state domination.
192 pages, includes 21 b&w illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 28, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780754675501 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 14 mm · 453 g |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Stewart, Dr Pamela J. |
Series Editor | Strathern, Professor Andrew |