Dear Dr. Francis,

Joel Lee 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@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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