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Brahmins in the modern world: Association as enunciation

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Title Brahmins in the modern world: Association as enunciation
 
Creator BAIRY, TSR
 
Subject caste
 
Description This article discusses Brahmin 'caste' associations in Karnataka. Extant scholarly literature on the theme has inadequately addressed the conceptual questions of how caste associations are structured and configured, whether they play out differently across different levels, the contexts of caste mobilisation, etc. This article attempts to address these questions, albeit based on the specific case of the Brahmins of Karnataka. It addresses three issues. One, it suggests that caste associations force the Brahmin self to confront the non-Brahmin challenge most directly. Two, it argues that the differences between Brahmin jati-specific associations and all-Brahmin associations tell us something interesting about the nature of caste association itself. Finally, it proposes that we approach caste association as an enunciatory space, whose primary task is to publicly speak as, and on behalf of, a modern caste self.
 
Publisher SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD
 
Date 2011-08-29T01:05:02Z
2011-12-26T12:58:17Z
2011-12-27T05:47:58Z
2011-08-29T01:05:02Z
2011-12-26T12:58:17Z
2011-12-27T05:47:58Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIAN SOCIOLOGY, 43(1), 89-120
0069-9667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/006996670904300104
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/11898
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/11898
 
Language en