[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

[Tyler Williams]

Addendum: one of his publications that bears directly on the subject is:

2014. “Lal Beg Underground: the Passing of an ‘Untouchable’ God.” In Knut
A. Jacobsen, Mikael Aktor and Kristina Myrvold, eds., *Objects of Worship
in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices, and Meanings*, pp. 143-162. New
York: Routledge.

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Tyler Williams <tylerwwilliams at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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-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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