Casting kings
Subtitle: bards and Indian modernity
By: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780195304343; 9780195307757
Subjects: Caste -- India -- Rajasthan; Bhats; Chamārs
Description: Based on anthropological fieldwork in the Indian state of Rajasthan, the author explores the manner in which semi-nomadic performers known as Bhats understand caste hierarchies. He demonstrates how the ability to cleverly rework and sabotage lingering caste inequalities forms the basis for Bhat claims to status in contemporary India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.