Retro-modern India

Forging the Low-caste Self

Exploring the Political in South Asia

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Pristatymas gali užtrukti 2-3 sav.

TASUTA kohaletoimetamine

312 psl.

2010 m.

Kietas viršelis

Vöötkood: 9780415563116
Kirjeldus

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.