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Based on anthropological fieldwork in the Indian state of Rajasthan, the author explores the manner in which semi-nomadic performers known as Bhats understand caste hierarchies. He demonstrates how the ability to cleverly rework and sabotage lingering caste inequalities forms the basis for Bhat clai...

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Main Author: Snodgrass, Jeffrey G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Caste > India > Rajasthan.
Bhats.
Chamār (South Asian people)
Castes > Inde > Rājasthān.
Chamār (Peuple de l'Asie méridionale)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Bhats
Caste
India > Rajasthan
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