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082	0	0	_a305.5688 _bRAM/R
100	1		_aRawat, Ramnarayan S.
245	1	0	_aReconsidering untouchability
260			_aBloomington _bIndiana University Press _c2011
300			_axix, 272 p. : _bill., map ;
490	1		_aContemporary Indian studies
520			_a Orient BlackSwan/Permanent Black, New Delhi, India, 2014. Softcover. Condition: New. Often identified as leatherworkers or characterized as a criminal caste, the Chamars of North India have long been stigmatized as untouchables. In this pathbreaking study, Ramnarayan S. Rawat shows that in fact the majority of Chamars have always been agriculturalists, and their association with the ritually impure occupation of leatherworking has largely been constructed through Hindu, colonial, and postcolonial representations of untouchability. Rawat undertakes a comprehensive reconsideration of the history, identity, and politics of this important Dalit group. Using Dalit vernacular literature, local-level archival sources, and interviews in Dalit neighborhoods, he reveals a previously unrecognized Dalit movement which has flourished in North India from the earliest decades of the twentieth century and which has recently achieved major political successes. Printed Pages: 292. Seller Inventory
650		0	_aChamār (South Asian people)
650		0	_aChamār (South Asian people)
650		0	_aDalits
650		0	_aCaste
650		0	_aLeatherwork
650		0	_aAgricultural laborers
650		0	_aChamār (South Asian people)
650		0	_aDalits
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