Dalits, Subalternity and Social Change in India

ISBN-13: 9781138352834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 208 str.

Ashok Kumar Pankaj; Ajit Kumar Pandey

Opis

The changing nature of caste and Dalits has become a topic of increasing interest in India. This edited book is a collection of originally written chapters by eminent experts on the experiences of Dalits in India.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  1. Dalits, Subalterns and Social Change in India  Part 2: Perspectives on Dalits as Subalterns  2. Dalits are not merely Subalterns: the need for a different perspective  3. Glimpses of Traditions For and Against Untouchability  Part 3: Constructing New Historiography  4. Dalit Memoirs: A New Source of Historiography  5. Subalternity and Popular Religion: Religiosity and Making of the Bhajans of Dharanidas  Part 4: Education as Liberator  6. Education and Dalit Liberation: Possibilities and Constraints  7. Socialization Experience of Doctoral Students in Indian Academia: Do Caste and Class Matter?  Part 5: Changing Socio-Cultural Space  8. Politics, Caste and Dalit Subalternity: Reflecting on the Modes of Engagement  9. Rural Dalit Women: Assertion for Change  10. Dalit Women in Uttar Pradesh: Experiencing Subalternity and Exclusion  Part 6: The Last Citizens of India  11. Manual Scavengers: Apathetic state and callous society  12. Dalits and Devdasi System: A Dignified Form of Sexual Slavery