Reconsidering untouchability
Subtitle: Chamars and Dalit history in North India
By: Ramnarayan S. Rawat
Series: Contemporary Indian studies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253355584; 9780253222626
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Untouchable boundaries : Chamars and the politics of identity and history; title: Making Chamars criminal : the crime of cattle poisoning; title: Investigating the stereotype : Chamar peasants and agricultural laborers; title: Is the leather industry a Chamar enterprise? : the making of leatherworkers; title: Struggle for identities : Chamar histories and politics; title: From Chamars to Dalits : the making of an achhut identity and politics, 1927-56; title: Conclusion: Overcoming domination : the emergence of a new achhut identity; title: Appendix: Statistical tables; title: Glossary.