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A philosophy of Hindu rank from rural West Bengalarticle 1976 • Davis, Marvin
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
In this article Davis expands the usual concepts of rank generally associated with discussions of caste, to the multiple worlds of the universe recognized by the Hindu Bengalis, which would include various life-forms (e.g., gods, humans, demonic bein...Rank and rivalryBook 1983 • Davis, Marvin
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
This study is a descriptive analysis of rank '…and those rivalries by which distribution of rank and the behavior appropriate to ranked social units are variously maintained or altered, supported or challenged in a village of West Bengal, India' (p. ...