Sentence examples similar to feature of caste from inspiring English sources

The distinguishing features of a caste society were endogamous kinship groups (jatis) arranged in a hierarchy of ritual ranking, based on notions of pollution and purity, with an intermeshing of service relationships and an adherence to geographic location.

The major cause of low black out-marriage rates may well be anti-black prejudice -- the most enduring feature of the eroding American caste system.

A Government spokeswoman said: "Parliament has said that legislation needs to be passed to make caste discrimination unlawful...We are not just committed to the eradication of any sense of caste discrimination, but to ensuring that caste itself does not become a permanent feature of British society.

She advances a view of caste as semiotically constituted of contextually shifting sets of meanings, rather than one overarching ideological feature.

Next, consider the socal rigidity of caste.

They are an outward marker of caste.

The origins of caste are contested.

Weaver, N. Physiology of caste determination.

In terms of caste structure, the Brahmans (highest caste) are subdivided into many gotras (lineages), while the Mahajans (trading caste) are subdivided into a bewildering number of groups.

The social characteristics of the village, and the role of caste within it, are also discussed.

Even politics runs on the basis of caste".