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Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India
- Title
- Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India / Ramnarayan S. Rawat.
- Author
- Rawat, Ramnarayan S.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 272 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary Indian studies
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary Indian studies.
- Subjects
- Dalits > India, North > History
- Caste > India, North > History
- India, North > Ethnic relations
- Chamār (South Asian people) > India, North > Politics and government
- Chamār (South Asian people) > India, North > History
- Dalits > India, North > Politics and government
- Chamār (South Asian people) > India, North > Ethnic identity
- India, North > Social conditions
- Agricultural laborers > India, North > Social conditions
- Leatherwork > Social aspects > India, North > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-2187
- ISBN
- 9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253355583 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0253222621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010031792
- OCLC
- YBP 2010031792
- Author
- Rawat, Ramnarayan S.
- Title
- Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India / Ramnarayan S. Rawat.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
- Series
- Contemporary Indian studiesContemporary Indian studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-2187