Being Brahmin, Being Modern : Exploring the Lives of Caste Today (Hardcover)

Preface and 1. Introduction: Seeking a Foothold 2. Question of Method: Caste in/and/as Identity 3. The Modern World of Brahmins: A Schematic History 4. Intersecting Voices, Shifting Identifications: Complicating the Contours of the Non-Brahminical Othering of the Brahmin 5. The Bounds of Agency: Engaging the Space of Brahmin Associations6. Identities and Displacements: On the Selfhood of the Contemporary Brahmin 7. Agency and Identity in the World of Brahmins Bibliography Index