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Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India / Ramnarayan S. Rawat.

By: Series: Contemporary Indian studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.Description: xix, 272 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253355583 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253222621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5688 RAW 22
LOC classification:
  • DS432.C48 R39 2011
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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