Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India / Ramnarayan S. Rawat.

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Rawat, Ramnarayan S

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary Indian studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.Description: xix, 272 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.PbkISBN:

9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

305.5688 RAW 22

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Contents:

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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	305.5688 RAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2307

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

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