CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. GLOSSARY ix
4. A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION xi
5. Figures xii
6. PREFACE xv
7. CHAPTER 1 Values of Hierarchy 1
8. CHAPTER 2 Fashioning Origins 25
9. CHAPTER 3 Hierarchical Intimacy 50
10. CHAPTER 4 Humiliation and Subordination 80
11. CHAPTER 5 “There Is No Caste in Islam” 104
12. CHAPTER 6 Securing Antassu 126
13. CHAPTER 7 Seeking Egalitarianism 154
14. AFTERWORD 183
15. NOTES 195
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
17. INDEX 217
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 227