ON THE DECLINE OF CLASS ANALYSIS IN SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES.
The decline of class analysis has been pervasive across the intellectual landscape in recent years. But South Asian studies stands out in the severity with which it has been hit by this phenomenon. It also is the field where the influence of post-structuralism has been most pronounced in the wake of...
| Publicado en: | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 357 - 388 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2006
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