[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

[Nagaraj Paturi]

If successful disguise is counted as successful impersonation or passing,
there are many.

Pandavas disguise themselves as Brahmins in Ekachakrapura and participate
in svayamvara in that form only.

Are you / Is she looking for such cases?

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Artur Karp via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> A highly interesting question,
>
> Best,
>
> Artur Karp (em.)
> Katedra Azji Południowej
> Uniwersytet Warszawski
> Warszawa
>
> 2018-01-19 17:56 GMT+01:00 Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I forward below a query on behalf my Colleague Zoé Headley.
>>
>> (on her current project "Studies in Tamil Studio Archives and Society
>> (S.T.A.R.S.)"
>> see e.g:
>> http://www.ifpindia.org/content/studies-tamil-studio-archive
>> s-and-society-stars
>> and
>> http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2018/01/19/une-autre-
>> histoire-de-l-inde-ecrite-par-ses-photos_5244050_1650684.html)
>>
>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>>
>> Her query is:
>>
>> "I am searching for references in Indian literature and classical texts
>> of instances of "caste impersonation", i.e. when an individual or a group
>> "passes" as a caste which is not their original birth group. My search
>> includes such instances in contemporary literature"
>>
>> With very best wishes.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Emmanuel Francis
>> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
>> (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/
>> http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
>> http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
>> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950,
>> Universität Hamburg)
>> http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>> https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>>
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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