The Pariah Problem : : Caste, Religion, and the Social in Modern India /

The Pariah Problem : : Caste, Religion, and the Social in Modern India / / Rupa Viswanath.

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Once known as "Pariahs," Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's most subordinated castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and provoke public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Viswanath, Rupa,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Cultures of History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; ‹B›Maps: ‹/B›1.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface on Terminology
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Land Tenure or Labor Control?: The Agrarian Mise-en-Scène
  • Chapter 2. Conceptualizing Pariah Conversion: Caste, Spirit, Matter, and Penury
  • Chapter 3. The Pariah-Missionary Alliance: Agrarian Contestation and the Local State
  • Chapter 4. The State and the Cēri
  • Chapter 5. Settling Land, Sowing Conflict; or, The Rise and Rise of Religious Neutrality
  • Chapter 6. The Marriage of Sacred and Secular Authority: New Liberalism, Mission-State Relations, and the Birth of Authenticity
  • Chapter 7. Giving the Panchama a Home: Creating "a Friction Where None Exists"
  • Chapter 8. Everyday Warfare: Caste, Class, and the Public
  • Chapter 9. The Depressed Classes, Rights, and the Embrace of the Social
  • Conclusion: The Pariah Problem's Enduring Legacies
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES
  • ARCHIVAL SOURCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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