Reconsidering untouchability : Chamars and Dalit history in North India / Ramnarayan S. Rawat.
Material type: TextSeries: Contemporary Indian studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.Description: xix, 272 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9788178243559
- Chamārs -- India, North -- History
- Chamārs -- India, North -- Ethnic identity
- Dalits -- India, North -- History
- Caste -- India, North -- History
- Leatherwork -- Social aspects -- India, North -- History
- Agricultural laborers -- India, North -- Social conditions
- Chamārs -- India, North -- Politics and government
- Dalits -- India, North -- Politics and government
- India, North -- Ethnic relations
- India, North -- Social conditions
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Untouchable boundaries : Chamars and the politics of identity and history -- Making Chamars criminal : the crime of cattle poisoning -- Investigating the stereotype : Chamar peasants and agricultural laborers -- Is the leather industry a Chamar enterprise? : the making of leatherworkers -- Struggle for identities : Chamar histories and politics -- From Chamars to Dalits : the making of an achhut identity and politics, 1927-56 -- Conclusion: Overcoming domination : the emergence of a new achhut identity -- Appendix: Statistical tables -- Glossary.
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