Reconsidering Untouchability
Chamars and Dalit History in North India
Often identified as leatherworkers or characterized as a criminal caste, Chamars of North India have long been stigmatized as untouchables. In thispathbreaking study, Ramnarayan S. Rawat shows that in fact the majority of Chamarshave always been agriculturalists, and their association with the ritually impureoccupation of leatherworking has largely been constructed through Hindu, colonial, and postcolonial representations of untouchability. Rawat undertakes a comprehensivereconsideration of the history, identity, and politics of this important Dalitgroup. Using Dalit vernacular literature, local-level archival sources, andinterviews in Dalit…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-22262-6
- EAN: 9780253222626
- Produktnummer: 7478939
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 298 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.3 cm 442 g
- Abbildungen: 11 b&w illus., 1 map
- Gewicht: 442
- Sonstiges: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Über den Autor
Ramnarayan S. Rawat is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Delaware.
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