Cleaning human waste : "manual scavenging," caste, and discrimination in India / [Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee].
"This 96-page report documents the coercive nature of manual scavenging. Across India, castes that work as "manual scavengers" collect human excrement on a daily basis, and carry it away in cane baskets for disposal. Women from this caste usually clean dry toilets in homes, while men do the more phy...
Main Author: | Bhattacharjee, Shikha Silliman (Author) |
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Corporate Author: | Human Rights Watch (Organization) (Issuing body) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
[New York, New York] :
Human Rights Watch,
[2014]
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Physical Description: | i, 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm Also issued online. |
Variant Title: |
"Manual scavenging," caste, and discrimination in India.
India : Cleaning human waste. [Spine title] |
Format: | Book |