Retro-Modern India Forging the Low-Caste Self |
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| Author:
| Ciotti, Manuela |
| Series title: | Exploring the Political in South Asia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-136-70442-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge India |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $190.00USD $190.00USD $58.95 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the low caste Chamar community, this book examines how some of them abandoned their traditional polluting work, and strategically entered the upper-caste weaving profession. Located within the changing politics of the time, it outlines human agency and its search for dignity.
Focusing on the low caste Chamar community, this book examines how some of them abandoned their traditional polluting work, and strategically entered the upper-caste weaving profession. Located within the changing politics of the time, it outlines human agency and its search for dignity.