The Caste Question : Dalits and the Politics of Modern India.

The Caste Question : Dalits and the Politics of Modern India.

This innovative 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 as either a vestige of precolonial society or an artifact of colonial...

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Main Author: Rao, Anupama
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Since 1947
Dalits > Political activity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Dalits > Political activity
Politics and government
Dalit
Kaste
Emanzipation
Politisches Handeln
Kastenstelsel.
Onaanraakbaren.
Politieke aspecten.
Paria.
India > Politics and government > 1947-
India
Maharashtra
Indien
India.
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