TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rawat,Ramnarayan S.
TI  - Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India 
T2  - Contemporary Indian studies
SN  - 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 305.5688 RAW 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Chamār (South Asian people)
KW  - India, North
KW  - History
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Dalits
KW  - Caste
KW  - Leatherwork
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Agricultural laborers
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Untouchable Boundaries: Chamars and the Politics of Identity and History 1
1 Making Chamars Criminal: The Crime of Cattle Poisoning 24
2 Investigating the Stereotype: Chamar Peasants and Agricultural Laborers 54
3 Is the Leather Industry a Chamar Enterprise? The Making of Leatherworkers 85

4 Struggle for Identities: Chamar Histories and Politics 120
5 From Chamars to Dalits: The Making of an Achhut Identity and Politics, 1927-56 155
Conclusion: Overcoming Domination: The Emergence of a New Achhut Identity 185
Appendix: Statistical Tables 191
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=34714
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