TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rawat,Ramnarayan S.
TI  - Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India
SN  - 9780253355584 (cloth : alk. paper)
U1  - 305.5688  
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Chamār (South Asian people)
KW  - India, North
KW  - History
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Dalits
KW  - Caste
KW  - Leatherwork
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Agricultural laborers
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - 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
ER  -