From stigma to assertion : untouchability, identity and politics in early and modern India / edited by Mikael Aktor and Robert Deliège.
| Other author | Aktor, Mikael. |
| Other author | Deliège, Robert. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2010. |
| Description | 230 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : is there still untouchability in India? / Robert Deliège -- Untouchability in Brahminical law books : ritual and economic control / Mikael Aktor -- The early voices of untouchables : the Bhakti saints / Eleanor Zelliot -- Untouchability and the Indian nationalist movement / Jocelyn Clarke -- Dalit theology and the politics of untouchability among the Indian Christian churches / Andrew Wyatt -- Untouchable identity and its reconstruction / Simon Charsley -- Relegitimizing caste discrimination in Uttar Pradesh : towards a post-Mandal untouchability? / Kathinka Frøystad -- Caste as a political tool : the case of the Carmakars of Dharavi (Mumbai) / Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9788763507752 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 8763507757 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS422.C3 F755 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |