The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India
Author:   Sharika Thiranagama
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   21
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9780520425132


Pages:   330
Publication Date:   21 April 2026
Format:   Hardback
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The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India


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Author:   Sharika Thiranagama
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   21
ISBN:  

9780520425132


ISBN 10:   0520425138
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   21 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

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Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Monster in Your Path Part One. The Work of Inheritance 1. Enslaved Occupations 2. A Working Woman: Strong Bodies and Soft Hands 3. The Cultural Life of Communism: The Party and Its Downtrodden Part Two. The Rural Modern 4. The Houses of the Past: Aesthetic Economies of Caste 5. Concrete Futures: New Houses and New Neighborhoods 6. Self-Improvement: Marriage and Inheriting a Future Coda Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Sharika Thiranagama is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University and author of In My Mother’s House: Civil War in Sri Lanka.

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