From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity and Politics in Early Modern India

Published by Museum Tusculanum Press, 2010

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Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps. From the publisher's blurb, "Untouchability was historically a set of discriminative practices that bound the lowest castes to low-status jobs and restricted their social mobility. Formally the practice was abolished with the constitution of independent India. In order to compensate for the social and economic setback caused by centuries? discrimination a reservation policy that guaranteed the former untouchables access to education and jobs was introduced. These measures have changed the life conditions of the targeted groups, but they have also created tensions in a society where many other groups experience economic stress. The essays in this book engage in critical discussions of the Hindu caste system and put the colonial and post-colonial notion of Untouchability in a wider temporal perspective, covering pre-colonial textual material as well as present-day debates over Dalit rights and identity. Contributors: Mikael Aktor, Simon Charsley, Jocelyn Clarke, Robert Deliege Kathinka Froystad, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky, Andrew Wyatt, Eleanor Zelliot. Explores the Indian phenomenon known as 'un-touchability'. This book explores pre- and late-colonial material, while the introduction is a critical discussion of the combination of caste rhetoric and confrontation strategy in the Dalit movement." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-230 pp. plus a note about the contributors.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Title
From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity and Politics in Early Modern India
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Aktor, Mikael (EDT); Deliege, Robert (EDT)
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Museum Tusculanum Press
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2010
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Softcover
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First Edition.
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8vo 8" - 9" tall
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