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 InfoCopenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2010.
Description230 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9788763507752 (pbk.)
ISBN8763507757 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DS422.C3 F755 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold