[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

Manu Francis manufrancis at gmail.com
Fri Jan 19 18:40:28 UTC 2018


Dear Nagaraj Paturi,

Yes, such cases are sought for.

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Emmanuel Francis
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8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
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http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
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Universität Hamburg)
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2018-01-19 19:19 GMT+01:00 Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>:

> 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-hi
>>> stoire-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
>
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>
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