Blended Boundaries: Caste, Class and Shifting Faces of Hinduness in a North Indian City 0195664000, 9780195664003
This book provides an ethnographic account of the shifts in political preferences of upper caste Hindus in a North India
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English Pages 300 [324] Year 2005
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BLENDED BOUNDARIES Caste, Class, and Shifting Faces of 'Hinduness' in a North Indian City
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