Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India/
Rawat, Ramnarayan S.
Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India/ Ramnarayan S. Rawat. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xix, 272 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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.
9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253355583 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253222621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Chamār (South Asian people)--History.--India, North
Chamār (South Asian people)--Ethnic identity.--India, North
Dalits--History.--India, North
Caste--History.--India, North
Leatherwork--Social aspects--History.--India, North
Agricultural laborers--Social conditions.--India, North
Chamār (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India, North
Dalits--Politics and government.--India, North
India, North--Ethnic relations.
India, North--Social conditions.
305.5688 / RAW/R
Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India/ Ramnarayan S. Rawat. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xix, 272 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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.
9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253355583 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253222626 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253222621 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Chamār (South Asian people)--History.--India, North
Chamār (South Asian people)--Ethnic identity.--India, North
Dalits--History.--India, North
Caste--History.--India, North
Leatherwork--Social aspects--History.--India, North
Agricultural laborers--Social conditions.--India, North
Chamār (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India, North
Dalits--Politics and government.--India, North
India, North--Ethnic relations.
India, North--Social conditions.
305.5688 / RAW/R