The Untouchables In Contemporary India

Author : J. Michael Mahar
Publisher : Tucson : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untouchables in Contemporary India written by J. Michael Mahar and published by Tucson : University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of papers comprising an interdisciplinary research study of untouchability among low income castes in India - covers the untouchable's social role in the rural community, religion and reform, social policy efforts to abolish untouchability, etc., and examines the psychological aspects and sociological aspects for ex-untouchables of their newly-acquired social mobility. Bibliography pp. 431 to 481, illustrations and references.

Author : J. Michael Mahar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788170334866
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The untouchables in contemporary India written by J. Michael Mahar and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Michael Mahar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untouchables in Contemporary India written by J. Michael Mahar and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oliver Mendelsohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556712
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untouchables written by Oliver Mendelsohn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 â€~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.

Author : S. M. Michael
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555876975
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Untouchable written by S. M. Michael and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the enduring legacy of untouchability in India, this book challenges the ways in which the Indian experience has been represented in Western scholarship. The authors introduce the long tradition of Dalit emancipatory struggle and present a sustained critique of academic discourse on the dynamics of caste in Indian society. Case studies complement these arguments, underscoring the perils and problems that Dalits face in a contemporary context of communalized politics and market reforms.

Author : Robert Deliège
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untouchables of India written by Robert Deliège and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book addresses the problem of untouchability by providing an overview of the subject as well as penetrating insights into its social and religious origins. The author persuasively demonstrates that untouchability is a deeply ambiguous condition: neither inside nor outside society, reviled yet indispensable, untouchables constitute an original category of social exclusion." "The situation of untouchables is crucial to the understanding of caste dynamics, especially in contemporary circumstances, but emphasis, particularly within anthropology, has been placed on the dominant aspects of the caste system rather than on those marginalized and excluded from it. This book redresses this problem and represents a vital contribution to studies of India, Hinduism, human rights, sociology, and anthropology."--Jacket

Author : Ramnarayan S. Rawat
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253222621
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Untouchability written by Ramnarayan S. Rawat and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Challenges and revises our understanding of the historical and contemporary role of Dalits in Indian society. A pathbreaking book that rightfully restores the historical agency of and gives voice to Dalits in North India." --Anand A. Yang, University of Washington --

Author : Bhagirath Poddar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untouchables in Modern India written by Bhagirath Poddar and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Socio-Economic Conditions And Life Style Of Scavengers In General And Their Women Folk And Children In Particular Are Far From Satisfactory. They Are Looked Down By All The Other Sections Of The Society And Are Subjected To Humiliation And Oppression. They Have The Lowest Social Status. They Are The Much Exploited Groups Socially As Well As Economically. Considering These Points And The Situation Prevailing Among Them, The Present Study Has Been Undertaken To Explore And Provide The Facts And Figures To The Policy Makers, Administrators And Our Politicians Who Could Come Forward To Abolish This Most Indecent Trade.Although Government Of India Has Formed A National Commission For Scavengers In The Year 1997 But It Is Also Far Behind In Its Objectives, Yet To Be Achieved.

Author : Narendra Jadhav
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520252639
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Untouchables written by Narendra Jadhav and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of "Kaffir Boy," this international bestseller "captures the life of India's villages and Bombay's slums with an anthropologist's precision and a novelist's humanity" ("Asia Times").

Author : Ghanshyam Shah
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761935070
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book Untouchability in Rural India written by Ghanshyam Shah and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-08-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 eleven states. The field data is supplemented by information concerning associated forms of discrimination which Dalits face in their daily lives./-//-/This study finds that untouchability is practised in one form or another in almost 80 per cent of the villages surveyed. It is most prevalent in the religious and personal spheres. While the evidence presented in this book suggests that the more blatant and extreme forms of untouchability appear to have declined, discrimination is still practised in one form or another. The most widespread manifestations are in access to water and to cremation or burial grounds, as also when it comes to the major life cycle rituals. The survey also found 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.