2011, ISBN: 0253222621

[SR: 1277688], Paperback, [EAN: 9780253222626], Indiana University Press, Indiana University Press, Book, [PU: Indiana University Press], 2011-03-23, Indiana University Press, Often ident… More...

[SR: 1277688], Paperback, [EAN: 9780253222626], Indiana University Press, Indiana University Press, Book, [PU: Indiana University Press], 2011-03-23, Indiana University Press, Often identified as leatherworkers or characterized as a criminal caste, Chamars of North India have long been stigmatized as untouchables. In this pathbreaking study, Ramnarayan S. Rawat shows that in fact the majority of Chamars have always been agriculturalists, and their association with the ritually impure occupation of leatherworking has largely been constructed through Hindu, colonial, and postcolonial representations of untouchability. Rawat undertakes a comprehensive reconsideration of the history, identity, and politics of this important Dalit group. Using Dalit vernacular literature, local-level archival sources, and interviews in Dalit neighborhoods, he reveals a previously unrecognized Dalit movement which has flourished in North India from the earliest decades of the 20th century and which has recently achieved major political successes., 4895, India, 4884, Asia, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 15812191, Social History, 4987, Historical Study & Educational Resources, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11293, Rural, 11288, Sociology, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 271633011, Class, 11288, Sociology, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9780253222626

Often identified as leatherworkers or characterized as a criminal caste, Chamars of North India have long been stigmatized as untouchables. In thispathbreaking study, Ramnarayan S. Rawat … More...

Often identified as leatherworkers or characterized as a criminal caste, Chamars of North India have long been stigmatized as untouchables. In thispathbreaking study, Ramnarayan S. Rawat shows that in fact the majority of Chamarshave always been agriculturalists, and their association with the ritually impureoccupation of leatherworking has largely been constructed through Hindu, colonial, and postcolonial representations of untouchability. Rawat undertakes a comprehensivereconsideration of the history, identity, and politics of this important Dalitgroup. Using Dalit vernacular literature, local-level archival sources, andinterviews in Dalit neighborhoods, he reveals a previously unrecognized Dalitmovement which has flourished in North India from the earliest decades of the 20thcentury and which has recently achieved major political successes. Media > Book, [PU: Indiana University Press]<