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    This document provides the table of contents for the book "Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal" by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The book examines how caste hierarchies were established and reinforced during the colonial period in Bengal through competing discourses, popular religion, social reform movements, gender roles, and the development of territorial nationalism. It explores these topics over 11 chapters that analyze the historiography of caste and its influence on power structures, social mobility, and the formation of independent India.

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    This document provides the table of contents for the book "Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal" by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The book examines how caste hierarchies were established and reinforced during the colonial period in Bengal through competing discourses, popular religion, social reform movements, gender roles, and the development of territorial nationalism. It explores these topics over 11 chapters that analyze the historiography of caste and its influence on power structures, social mobility, and the formation of independent India.

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    This document provides the table of contents for the book "Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal" by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The book examines how caste hierarchies were established and reinforced during the colonial period in Bengal through competing discourses, popular religion, social reform movements, gender roles, and the development of territorial nationalism. It explores these topics over 11 chapters that analyze the historiography of caste and its influence on power structures, social mobility, and the formation of independent India.

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    Caste, Culture and Hegemony

    Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

    Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    Hardcover

    07-01-2004

    ISBN: 9780761998495

    Electronic Version

    07-01-2004

    ISBN: 9788132104070

    $73.00

    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Introduction: The Historiography of Caste in Bengal
    Caste and Power
    Competing Discourses in Colonial Bengal
    Caste and Popular Religion
    Revolt Against Hierarchy and Its Limits
    Caste and Social Reform
    The Case of Widow-Remarriage
    Caste and Gender
    Social Mobility and Status of Women
    Caste and the Territorial Nation
    Hindu Mahasabha, Partition and The Dalit
    Conclusion
    Index

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