Being Brahmin, Being Modern: Exploring the Lives of Caste Today by Ramesh Bairy

Description: Being Brahmin, Being Modern by Ramesh Bairy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book is a study of caste in contemporary India centred around a sociological reading of Brahmins in Karnataka. Pushing beyond older binaries like legitimation–contestation and dominance–resistance it suggests new registers of inquiry to understand the multivalent worlds of caste today. Publisher Description There is clearly an academic and political obsession with the idea of the Brahmin. There is also, simultaneously, a near-complete absence of engagement with the Brahmin as an embodied person or community. This book addresses this intriguing paradox by making available a sociological description of the Brahmins in todays Karnataka. It pursues three distinct, yet enmeshed, registers of inquiry -- the persona of the Brahmin embodied in the agency of the individual Brahmin; the organised complexes of action such as the caste association and the public culture of print; and finally, taking off from a longer (yet, modern and contemporary) history of non-Brahminical othering of the Brahmin. It argues that we tend to understand the contemporaneity of caste almost exclusively within the twin registers of legitimation--contestation and dominance--resistance. While these facets continue to be salient, there is also a need to push out into hitherto neglected dimensions of caste.The book focuses attention on the many lives of modern caste -- its secularisation, the subject positions that it offers, the equivocations by which persons and communities become subjects of caste, their differential investments in the caste-self. Author Biography Ramesh Bairy is Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. Details ISBN 0415585767 ISBN-13 9780415585767 Title Being Brahmin, Being Modern Author Ramesh Bairy Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 370 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:40621855; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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