17 Jan 2009

Caste in South Asia - A Gateway to Internet Resources
Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, US.
Self-description:
"Caste is frequently seen as a distinctive characteristic of South Asian cultures and societies. [...] The UHM Center for South Asian Studies has accordingly developed this small project to introduce junior and non-specialist members of the UH and broader research community to the notion of 'caste' as a critical and contested concept. We hope these preliminary resources will prove useful to those who want to take caste into the classroom. [... The site was d]eveloped and researched by Amy Donahue, Nov. 2008."
Site contents:
* Internet Resources (Bibliographies, Syllabi, Activist Organizations, Multimedia, Country Studies & Introductory Articles);
* Recent Scholarly Perspectives on Caste;
* Sample Passages from Primary Texts.
URL http://www.hawaii.edu/csas/caste_index.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Amy Donahue (csas--at--hawaii.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30