Crossing the Lines of Caste

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  • Crossing the Lines of Caste Book Detail

  • Author : Adheesh A. Sathaye
  • Release Date : 2015
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 337
  • ISBN 13 : 0199341117
  • File Size : 51,51 MB
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Crossing the Lines of Caste by Adheesh A. Sathaye PDF Summary

Book Description: Crossing the Lines of Caste offers a cultural-historical analysis of the legends of Visvamitra, a sage who is said to have used his ascetic power to change his caste and become a Brahmin. It reveals how and why mythological culture has played an active role in the construction of Brahmin social power for more than three thousand years.

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