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Caste, Class, and Shifting Faces of 'Hinduness' in a North Indian City

• Author(s): Kathinka Frøystad,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 304
• ISBN_10: 0195664000
  ISBN_13: 9780195664003
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties , Religion / Hinduism / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations ,

Description:... This book provides an ethnographic account of the shifts in political preferences of upper caste Hindus in a North Indian city, exploring how a community consisting predominantly of Hindu nationalists relates to the Muslim and Dalit communities and seeks to explain their ever shifting social and political perceptions.