ISBN:
9780231129732
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (209 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Joothan : An Untouchable's Life
DDC:
305.51220954
Keywords:
Dalits -- India -- History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of India's social pyramid.Although untouchability was abolished in 1949, Dalits continued to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule. Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordai
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; FOREWORD; Preface to the Hindi Edition; Introduction; Joothan; GLOSSARY;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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