Reconsidering untouchability: chamars and dalit history in North India / Rawat, Ramnarayan S

By:

Ramnarayan .S Rawat

Publication details: Bangalore Orient Blackswan 2014Description: xix, 272 pages 20 cmISBN:

9788178243948 (pbk)

DDC classification:

305.5688

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction: Untouchable Boundaries: Chamars and the Politics of Identity and History; 1. Making Chamars Criminal: The Crime of Cattle Poisoning; 2. Investigating the Stereotype: Chamar Peasants and Agricultural Laborers; 3. Is the Leather Industry a Chamar Enterprise? The Making of Leatherworkers; 4. Struggle for Identities: Chamar Histories and Politics; 5. 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	General Stacks	305.5688 RAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Recommended by Ms. Vidya Raveendranathan		39135

Contents:
Acknowledgments;
Introduction: Untouchable Boundaries: Chamars and the Politics of Identity and History;
1. Making Chamars Criminal: The Crime of Cattle Poisoning;
2. Investigating the Stereotype: Chamar Peasants and Agricultural Laborers;
3. Is the Leather Industry a Chamar Enterprise? The Making of Leatherworkers;
4. Struggle for Identities: Chamar Histories and Politics;
5. 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;
Notes;
Bibliography;
Index.

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