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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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Introduction; PART 1. EMANCIPATIOIN; 1. Caste Radicalism and the Making of a New Political Subject; 2. The Problem of Caste Property; 3. Dalits as a Political Minority; PART 2. THE PARADOX OF EMANCIPATION; 4. Legislating Caste Atrocity; 5. New Directions in Dalit Politics; 6. The Sexual Politics of Caste; 7. Death of a Kotwal; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.

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