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Rao Anupama

The caste question : Dalits and the politics of modern India - New Delhi Permanent Black 2009 - 392p xxi

Table of contents
List of Illustrations;
Preface;
Acknowledgments;
Author's Note;
Introduction;
Part One. Emancipation;
1. Caste Radicalism and the Making of a New Political Subject;
2. The Problem of Caste Property;
3. Dalits as a Political Minority;
Part Two. The Paradox of Emancipation;
4. Legislating Caste Atrocity;
5. New Directions in Dalit Politics: Symbologies of Violence, Maharashtra, 1960--1979;
6. The Sexual Politics of Caste: Violence and the Ritual-Archaic;
7. Death of a Kotwal: The Violence of Recognition Epilogue: Dalit Futures;
List of Abbreviations;
Notes;
Index

ISBN: 9780520257610

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Dalits - Political Activity2. India - Politics & Government - 1947

Dewey Class. No.: 305.560000 / RAO