The caste question : Dalits and the politics of modern India

The caste question : Dalits and the politics of modern India / Anupama Rao.

This work of historical anthropology explores how India's Dalits, or ex-untouchables, transformed themselves from stigmatized subjects into citizens. Anupama Rao's account challenges standard thinking on caste. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, she shows h...

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Main Author: Rao, Anupama
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Dalits > Political activity.
India > Politics and government > 1947-
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Summary:This work of historical anthropology explores how India's Dalits, or ex-untouchables, transformed themselves from stigmatized subjects into citizens. Anupama Rao's account challenges standard thinking on caste. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, she shows how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism.
Physical Description:xxi, 392 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520255593 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520255593 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520257610 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520257618 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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