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Book Discussion | Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste

When
Wednesday 21 October, 17:00 – 18:30
Where
Bush House, SE 2.10, WC2B 4BG
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    The event will discuss how caste privilege is reproduced within a dominant mercantile community in urban India, and how gender, kinship, marriage, socialisation, and economic power work together to sustain elite cohesion across generations. This book discussion examines how a dominant mercantile caste reproduces itself as a cohesive and influential elite in contemporary urban India. Drawing on…

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