{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-caste-9780198896715","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Caste","description":"Beginning with the 1990s, the subject of caste has seen a profound increase in interest among scholars. What was until then approached as a fossilized tradition of the ritual-obsessed Hindus refusing to see the progressive spirits of the emerging world and studied as a branch of anthropology, suddenly began to be seen as a complex reality deeply embedded in a range of institutions and social practices, attracting scholars from a wide range of disciplines--sociology, political science, history, literature, and even economics. Underlying this opening of the subject of caste were many factors: epistemic, empirical, and political. Caste is no longer approached through the classical binaries of 'traditional' and 'modern'; the 'East' and the 'West'; or the 'closed' and 'open' systems of stratification. With the growing consolidation of caste-based identities among those ranked lower down in the hierarchy since the 1990s, raising questions of citizenship and dignity, the subject has acquired a new salience. As the emerging research shows, the realities of caste on the ground have always been diverse across regions, often contested and ever changing. This Handbook presents a wide range of essays written by authors representing diverse academic disciplines and perspectives, bringing together the emerging trends in the research, imaginations, and lived realities of caste.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Surinder S. Jodhka, Jules Naudet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198896715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSurinder S. Jodhka\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His recent publications include \u003cem\u003eIndia's Villages in the 21st Century: Revisits and Revisions\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Edward Simpson, OUP, 2019); \u003cem\u003eMapping the Elite: Power, Privilege, and Inequality\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Jules Naudet, OUP, 2019); \u003cem\u003eA Handbook of Rural India\u003c\/em\u003e (Orient Blackswan, 2018); \u003cem\u003eContested Hierarchies, Persisting Influence: Caste and Power in Twenty-First Century India\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with James Manor, Orient Blackswan, 2018); \u003cem\u003eInequality in Capitalist Societies\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Boike Rehbien and Jesse Souza, Routledge, 2018); \u003cem\u003eThe Indian Middle-Class\u003c\/em\u003e (co-authored with Aseem Prakash, OUP, 2016); \u003cem\u003eCaste in Contemporary India\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2015\/2018); and \u003cem\u003eCaste: Oxford India Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012). He is among the first recipients of the ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientists for the year 2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJules Naudet\u003c\/strong\u003e is a CNRS Associate Research Professor at the Center for South Asian Studies, EHESS, Paris, and a CASBS Fellow at Stanford University (2021-2022). He has authored \u003cem\u003eStepping into the Elite\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2018), which revisits the classical question of the experience of moving from one class to another, co-edited \u003cem\u003eJustifier l'ordre social\u003c\/em\u003e (with Christophe Jaffrelot; University Press of France, 2013), and co-authored \u003cem\u003eCe que les riches pensent des pauvres\u003c\/em\u003e (with Serge Paugam, Bruno Cousin, and Camila Giorgetti; Le Seuil, 2017), a comparative analysis of the representations of the poor by the inhabitants of upper-class neighbourhoods in Paris, Delhi, and São Paulo. Naudet is a member of the editorial board of \u003cem\u003eSAMAJ (South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal)\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eLa Vie des Idées\/ Books \u0026amp; Ideas\u003c\/em\u003e, an online journal hosted by the Collège de France. He co-edits the book series \u003cem\u003eExploring India's Elite\u003c\/em\u003e with Surinder S. Jodhka.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43138296742003,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":268.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2135f580-d2be-44a4-a5fd-55598b610f99.jpg?v=1750247401","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-caste-9780198896715","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}