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The Dalit movement in India : local practices, global connections / Eva-Maria Hardtmann.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford India PaperbacksPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011, c2009.Description: xiv, 263 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780198065487 (pbk.)
  • 0195697847 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.56880954 HAR
LOC classification:
  • HT720 .H385 2009
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Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PROLOGUE: A TOUCH OF THE DALIT MOVEMENT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Follow the Field: Fieldwork Methods in a Social Movement -- 3. Traditions of Protest -- 4. Movement Perspectives: Dalit Discourses across the Country -- 5. Dalit Activities in Lucknow: Buddhism and Party Politics in Local Practice -- 6. A Transnational Dalit Counterpublic: The Example of Ambedkarites in Britain --7. Translating 'Caste Discrimination' into an International Discourse -- 8. Dalit Feminism in a Neoliberal World -- 9. Dynamics of Diversity -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: his study analyses new 'practices' and discussions among Dalit activists since the 1990s and shows how these practices have both shaped and changed social relations. It is an anthropological attempt to reach behind the surface of the contemporary Dalit movement.
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Books Books Field Institute Library Jaipur 305.56880954 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available JPR2462
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-258).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PROLOGUE: A TOUCH OF THE DALIT MOVEMENT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Follow the Field: Fieldwork Methods in a Social Movement -- 3. Traditions of Protest -- 4. Movement Perspectives: Dalit Discourses across the Country -- 5. Dalit Activities in Lucknow: Buddhism and Party Politics in Local Practice -- 6. A Transnational Dalit Counterpublic: The Example of Ambedkarites in Britain --7. Translating 'Caste Discrimination' into an International Discourse -- 8. Dalit Feminism in a Neoliberal World -- 9. Dynamics of Diversity -- Bibliography -- Index

his study analyses new 'practices' and discussions among Dalit activists since the 1990s and shows how these practices have both shaped and changed social relations. It is an anthropological attempt to reach behind the surface of the contemporary Dalit movement.

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