Concepts in the Social Sciences: Caste

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Author: Ursula Sharma

Number of Pages: 112

Drawing on her background in anthropology, Sharma (sociology, U. of Derby) examines the concept of caste, noting its origin in orientalist descriptions of Indian society, and tracing how it made its way into social scientific discourse as a tool for the comparative analysis of social stratification.