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Race in India, Part 1

6/21/2018

Jo's in India!...So we're taking the podcast to India, too. In part one of this two-part series, we explore how the Indian caste system served as a central proving ground for emerging racial theories in Europe and Asia during British colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Some Resources:

Basu, Subho. 2010 The Dialectics of Resistance: Colonial Geography, Bengali Literati and the Racial Mapping of Indian Identity. Modern Asian Studies 44(1): 53-70.
Bates, Crispin. 1995 Race, Caste and Tribe in Central India: The Early Origins of Indian Anthropometry. In P Robb (ed.), The Concept of Race in South Asia. Oxford University press India, pp. 219-59.
Dirks, Nicholas. 2001 Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. Princeton University Press.
Kapila, Shruti. 2003 Race Matters: Orientalism and Religion, India and Beyond c. 1770-1880. Modern Asian Studies 41(3): 471-513.
Metcalf, Thomas R.. 1997 Ideologies of the Raj. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Risley, Herbert Hope. 1891 The Study of Ethnology in India. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Risley, Herbert Hope. 1915 [1908] The People of India. London: W. Thacker & Co.
Schwarz, Henry. 2010 Constructing the Criminal Tribe in Colonial India: Acting Like a Thief. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.

The History of Race 3 Step--The Enlightenment Side B

6/14/2018

Here’s what we do for fun off script. Jo and Erik debate about how we can describe—in discrete steps—the process leading to the emergence of racial science in the 18th century. All you need to know about the development of racial science and how pathetic we are in 5 minutes! GO!

Race in India, Part 1

The History of Race 3 Step--The Enlightenment Side B

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