ISBN:
9780511612213
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xviii, 289 pages)
Series Statement:
Contemporary South Asia 4
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/68
Keywords:
Politik
;
Wirtschaft
;
Dalits / India / Politics and government
;
Dalits / India / Economic conditions
;
Dalits / India / Social conditions
;
Armut
;
Dalit
;
Kaste
;
Politik
;
Indien
;
India / Politics and government / 1947-
;
Indien
;
Indien
;
Politik
;
Kaste
;
Dalit
;
Indien
;
Dalit
;
Armut
Abstract:
In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition on the part of the state, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists on the basis of a tradition of ritual subordination. Even now, therefore, it still makes sense to categorise these people as 'Untouchables'. The book promises to make a major contribution to the social and economic debates on poverty, while its wide-ranging perspectives will ensure an interdisciplinary readership from historians of South Asia, to students of politics, economics, religion and sociology
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511612213
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511612213
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