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Jaiswal, Suvira

The Making of Brahmanic Hegemony : studies in caste, gender, and Vaiṣṇava theology / Suvira Jaiswal - New Delhi, India : Tulika Books, ©2016 - x, 244 pages ; 25 cm

Machine generated contents note: PART I --
1.Power, Status and Ethnicity in Caste Formation --
Appendix: Reconstructing History from the Rgveda: A Paradigm Shift? --
2.Caste, Gender and Ideology in the Making of Traditional India --
3.Interpreting the Dynamics of Social Differentiations in Early India: R.S. Sharma on Class and Caste --
PART II --
4.The Evolution of Patriarchy in Brahmanism: The Early Phase --
5.Female Images in the Arthasastra of Kautilya --
PART III --
6.Visnu's Incarnations: Strategies of Cultural Hegemony --
7.Evolution of the Narasimha Legend and Its Possible Sources --
8.The Demon and the Deity: Conflict Syndrome in the Hayagriva Legend.

ISBN: 9788193926918

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences
Sociology & anthropology
Social sciences
Religion and sociology -- India.
Sex discrimination against women
Sex discrimination against women

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Caste.

Dewey Class. No.: 301.0954 JAI