Abstract
In this book, Harald Tambs-Lyche generalizes an idea that he has developed over the course of his career (notably in A Good Country 2004), combining an overall sociological perspective on Indian castes, inspired initially by Fredrik Barth, with a minute ethnography of social interactions in Saurashtra, a region of Gujarat. Because of his varied fieldwork experiences, Tambs-Lyche is deeply attentive to the internal diversity of India. The book first addresses the issue from a historical perspe...
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