The Politics of Communalism and Caste

Ornit Shani

doi:10.1002/9781444390599.ch16

The Politics of Communalism and Caste

Department of Asian Studies

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Companion to the Anthropology of India
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	295-312
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9781405198929
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444390599.ch16
State	Published - 27 Apr 2011

Keywords

Challenges to status identity of upper castes - political and economic developments of 1980s
Communalism, caste and state reservations - Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
Communalism, nationalism, and terrorism - politics of communalism and caste
Growth of communalism - changing nature of Islam or Christianity
Hindu nationalist movement, successful - plausible resolution to social insecurities
Identity politics as a race to the bottom - spells of violence in Rajasthan, Gujjars' struggle for inclusion in state ST list
Major communal violence, 1990, 1992 and 2002 - deadly pogrom against Muslims in state of Gujarat
Muslims and Christians in India - large group of Hindu caste minorities
Social identities between caste conflicts and communalism - Gujarat, and antireservation riots, becoming communal violence
Upward mobility of sections among dalits - new class-based identifications

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