[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

[Tyler Williams]

Dear Dr. Francis,

Joel Lee <https://anso.williams.edu/profile/jl20/> at Williams College in
the US has written on the phenomenon of caste 'passing' in contemporary
South Asia and is also interested in historical and literary precedents. I
am sure that it would be fine if Dr. Headley contacted him directly, but I
would also be happy to introduce them if she prefers.

Best,
Tyler Williams
University of Chicago


On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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-
> archives-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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