· 2018
Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens
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Short summary
This revised edition analyzes how caste-based marriage and control over women's sexuality perpetuate the Indian caste system, highlighting new forms of caste violence targeting women and persistent gendered subservience within family structures.
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Key points
- Caste and gender are intrinsically linked, with control over women's sexuality and marriage practices being key to maintaining the caste system.
- New forms of caste violence specifically target women.
- Family structures, both immediate and extended, continue to enforce women's subservience to caste norms.
- The book updates discussions on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 in the context of the new millennium.
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Abstract
The continuous demand for Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens led to this revised edition which analyses the recent socio-economic and political changes that have taken place. Caste-based marriage and control over women's sexuality have been crucial for the continuation of the caste system in India. Thus, caste and gender are linked. Brutal reprisals have followed when dalits and women have tried to challenge caste-based marriage and inequality which allots strict rules of conduct for women and all dalits. Maithreyi Krishnaraj, the Series Editor, highlights the author’s discussion on the new ways in which caste violence targets women and on the changes within the family—immediate and extended—that still keep women subservient to caste norms. She points to the new discussion on an economy in transition to capitalism, and persistent conflicts over religion, language, ethnicity and other differences that relate to gender. The book also includes a new ‘Afterword: Caste and Gender in the New Millennium’, which provides an updated discussion on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act 1989. Erudite, yet accessible, this book enables the reader to understand the ramifications of caste today.
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