Untouchability in rural India / Ghanshyam Shah [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shah, Ghanshyam
Language:English
Published: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2006.
Subjects:
Caste > India.
India > Rural conditions.
Dalits > India > Social conditions.
Physical Description:216 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : caste, untouchability and Dalits in rural India
  • Rural untouchability today : forms and sites
  • 'Unclean' occupations : savaged by tradition
  • Dalit women and the practice of untouchability
  • Violence against Dalits
  • Demanding rights, equality and dignity
  • Conclusion.