British untouchables
Subtitle: a study of Dalit identity and education
By: by Paul Ghuman
Series: Monitoring change in education; Monitoring change in education
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780754648772; 9780754689683
Subjects: Social conditions; Dalits; Education; Asians; Social classes
Description: "Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights. On emigration to the UK and other Western countries they faced a double disadvantage: caste discrimination and racial discrimination from 'white' society. However, in the late 1990s, second-generation Dalit professionals challenged their caste status and Brahmanism in the West and in South Asia. This work provides a major study on the issues facing the education of Dalit children and young people growing up in Britain."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origin and theories of the caste system; title: A case study of untouchables in a Punjabi village: class a new avatar of caste; title: Family, social and religious organisation of Dalits; title: Voices of young people; title: Teachers' and parents' views on caste and educational matters; title: Reflections and application.