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Reconsidering untouchability Chamars and Dalit history in North India

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Autor principal: Rawat, Ramnarayan S
Format: Printed Book
Publicat: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Col·lecció:Contemporary Indian studies
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Accés en línia:http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=34714
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction: Untouchable boundaries : Chamars and the politics of identity and history
  • Making Chamars criminal : the crime of cattle poisoning
  • Investigating the stereotype : Chamar peasants and agricultural laborers
  • Is the leather industry a Chamar enterprise? : the making of leatherworkers
  • Struggle for identities : Chamar histories and politics
  • From Chamars to Dalits : the making of an achhut identity and politics, 1927-56
  • Conclusion: Overcoming domination : the emergence of a new achhut identity
  • Appendix: Statistical tables
  • Glossary.