ISBN-13: 9781032652726 / Miękka / 2024 / 268 str.
ISBN-13: 9781032652726 / Miękka / 2024 / 268 str.
One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women’s lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits’ economic and political position improves, ‘honour’ becomes crucial to social status. One of the ways Dalits accrue honour is by altering patte