[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

[Nagaraj Paturi]

The query was for

"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*" (highlighting
mine)

Since the first sentence has Indian literature and classical texts , I
thought 'contemporary literature' in the second sentence means contemporary
literary texts such as novels. Am I right?



On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 2:56 AM, Tyler Williams via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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-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

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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