Understanding Indian society
Subtitle: the non-Brahmanic perspective
By: edited by S.M. Dahiwale.
Contributors: Dahiwale, S. M. 1946-
Publisher: Rawat Publications; Rawat
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jaipur
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: India -- Social conditions -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Contributed papers presented at a seminar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / S.M. Dahiwale; title: Understanding Indian society : the relevance of the perspective from below / T.K. Oommen; title: Nation, anthropology, and the village / Surinder S. Jodhka; title: The broken men theory of untouchability / S.M. Dahiwale; title: Perspectives of the anti-caste movements : subaltern sociological visions / Gail Omvedt; title: Decoding Dalitism : reflections on Dalit literature in Maharasthra / S.R. Punalekar; title: Conversion as subversion of hierarchy / Ambrose Pinto S.J.; title: Conversion, empowerment, and social transformation / S.M. Michael; title: Brahmanical social order and Christianity in India / Lancy Lobo; title: Educational stratification, dominant ideology and the reproduction of disadvantage in India / Padma Velaskar; title: Confronting caste inequality : what sociologists must do to reorient social policy / Satish Deshpande.