ISBN:
9781139237376
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xv, 243 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte
;
Schwarze. USA
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Racism / United States / History / 20th century
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Caste-based discrimination / India / History / 20th century
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African Americans / Social conditions / 20th century
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Dalits / Social conditions / 20th century
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Discrimination
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Prejudices
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Indien
;
USA
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This is a book about prejudice and democracy, and the prejudice of democracy. In comparing the historical struggles of two geographically disparate populations - Indian Dalits (once known as Untouchables) and African Americans - Gyanendra Pandey, the leading subaltern historian, examines the multiple dimensions of prejudice in two of the world's leading democracies. The juxtaposition of two very different locations and histories, and within each of them of varying public and private narratives of struggle, allows for an uncommon analysis of the limits of citizenship in modern societies and states. Pandey, with his characteristic delicacy, probes the histories of his protagonists to uncover a shadowy world where intolerance and discrimination are part of both public and private lives. This unusual and sobering book is revelatory in its exploration of the contradictory history of promise and denial that is common to the official narratives of nations such as India and the United States and the ideologies of many opposition movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Prejudice as difference -- Dalit conversion: the assertion of sameness -- 'Double V': the everyday of race relations -- An African American autobiography: re-locating difference -- Dalit memoirs: re-scripting the body -- The persistence of prejudice
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139237376
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139237376
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139237376
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