Untouchability in rural India /
Untouchability in rural India /
Ghanshyam Shah ... [et al.].
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2006.
- 216 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-208) and index.
Introduction : caste, untouchability and Dalits in rural India -- Rural untouchability today : forms and sites -- 'Unclean' occupations : savaged by tradition -- Dalit women and the practice of untouchability -- Violence against Dalits -- Demanding rights, equality and dignity -- Conclusion.
076193507X (paper back) 8178296624 (India : pb) 9780761935070 9788178296623
2006019476
Caste--India.
Dalits--Social conditions.--India
India--Rural conditions.
HT720 / .U58 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-208) and index.
Introduction : caste, untouchability and Dalits in rural India -- Rural untouchability today : forms and sites -- 'Unclean' occupations : savaged by tradition -- Dalit women and the practice of untouchability -- Violence against Dalits -- Demanding rights, equality and dignity -- Conclusion.
076193507X (paper back) 8178296624 (India : pb) 9780761935070 9788178296623
2006019476
Caste--India.
Dalits--Social conditions.--India
India--Rural conditions.
HT720 / .U58 2006