Joel Lee
Background
Joel Lee is an American anthropologist, author, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Williams College. His research focuses on caste, untouchability, religion, sanitation labor, and linguistic ecology in South Asia, particularly North India. He is the author of Deceptive Majority: Dalits, Hinduism, and Underground Religion, which examines how Dalit communities, specifically the Bhangi caste, navigated majoritarian religious politics, state secularism, and religious identity in twentieth-century India.
Address:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College, 880 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
Occupation:
• Associate Professor of Anthropology, Williams College
Qualification:
• Ph.D. in Anthropology: Columbia University
• M.Phil. in Anthropology: Columbia University
• M.A. in Anthropology: Columbia University
• B.A. in International Studies: Macalester College
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About: - Joel Lee is an American anthropologist, author, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Williams College. His research focuses on caste, untouchability, religion, sanitation labor, and linguistic ecology in South Asia, particularly North India. He is the author of Deceptive Majority: Dalits, Hinduism, and Underground Religion, which examines how Dalit communities, specifically the Bhangi caste, navigated majoritarian religious politics, state secularism, and religious identity in twentieth-century India.