17 Race In India, Part 1

Speaking of Race

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.