Literature, Caste And Society: The Masks And Veils

This groundbreaking collection present a significantly different portrait of the medieval and modern Indian society, literature, and the nation-state. Reporting on eighteen studies in five distinct sections spanning many centuries of Indian social history it has brough fresh insights into the emergence of innumerable sub-castes owing to various factors such as political, economic, inter-religious and inter-cultural.
About Author :
S. Jeyaseela Stephen is Professor of Maritime History and Coordinator of the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC at Visva-Bharati. He joined the academy of historians in 1994 at L'Ecole francaise d' extreme-orient and went to Pune to become Senior Advisor to Tata Central Archives in 2000. He became Head of the Department of History in 2001 at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan.
Contents :
Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Part I Opening A New Road: Indian Literature and Society Part II From Europe to India: The Spread of Ideas and Knowledge in Language, Linguistic and Literature Part III Construction, Dimensions and Manifestation: Society in India Part IV European Encounter and Social Interactions in India Part V Towards Society and Nation-State: Image and Perception Index