The Pariah problem : caste, religion, and the social in modern India /
"Once known as 'Pariahs, ' Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's lowest castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and continue to be a source of public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this boo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2014]
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Colección: | Cultures of history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Land Tenure or Labor Control? The Agrarian Mise-en-Scène
- 2. Conceptualizing Pariah Conversion: Caste, Spirit, Matter, and Penury
- 3. The Pariah-Missionary Alliance: Agrarian Contestation and the Local State
- 4. The State and the Cēri
- 5. Settling Land, Sowing Conflict, or, The Rise and Rise of Religious Neutrality
- 6. The Marriage of Sacred and Secular Authority: New Liberalism, Mission-State Relations, and the Birth of Authenticity
- 7. Giving the Panchama a Home: Creating "a Friction Where None Exists"
- 8. Everyday Warfare: Caste, Class, and the Public
- 9. The Depressed Classes, Rights, and the Embrace of the Social
- Conclusion: The Pariah Problem's Enduring Legacies.