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Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India

Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India

The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Hardback
Publication Date: 27/05/1997

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Movement by low-caste Hindu groups and their struggles for social and political recognition have been the subject of a number of academic studies in recent years - in anthropology and religious and political studies as well as history. The Namasudras of Bengal, however, represent a particularly interesting and important case, given their standing as the largest Hindu caste in eastern Bengal before Partition and their apparent lack of a single, shared identity before the late 19th century. Bandyopadhyay provides an intelligent and well-researched study of the Namasudras from their emergence as a census-defined community in 1872 to their disintegration with the Partition of 1947. The author makes very extensive use of Bengali tracts, pamphlets and newspapers as well as English materials (including official and archival materials). Bandyopadhyay gives an in-depth narrative and provides an analysis of the Namasudras that is both sensitive to their internal differentiation and their place in the wider political and social context of Bengal and India.
ISBN:
9780700706266
9780700706266
Category:
Asian history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
27-05-1997
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x30mm
Weight:
0.52kg

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