ISBN:
9789352805648
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (217 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Shah, Ghanshyam Untouchability in Rural India
DDC:
305.5/68
Abstract:
This important book presents systematic evidence of the incidence and extent of the practice of untouchability in contemporary India. It is based on the results of a very large survey covering 560 villages in 11 states, which found that untouchability continues to be widely prevalent and is practiced in one form or another in almost 80 percent of the villages. While the evidence presented in this book suggests that the more blatant and extreme forms of untouchability appear to have declined, discrimination continues and is most prevalent in the religious and personal spheres. The authors show that the notion of untouchability continues to pervade the public sphere, including in a host of state institutions and the interactions that occur within them
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Caste, Untouchability and Dalits in Rural India -- 2 Rural Untouchability Today: Forms and Sites -- 3 'Unclean' Occupations: Savaged by Tradition -- 4 Dalit Women and the Practice of Untouchability -- 5 Violence against Dalits -- 6 Demanding Rights, Equality and Dignity -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the Editors
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