The caste question [[electronic resource] ] : Dalits and the politics of modern India / / Anupama Rao |
Autore | Rao Anupama |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/688 |
Soggetto topico | Dalits - Political activity |
Soggetto non controllato |
caste discrimination
caste property caste radicalism caste citizens colonial liberalism colonialism dalits democracy equality ethnography ex untouchables historical anthropology human condition india indian culture indian democracy indian society new political subject personhood persons without rights political minority political postcolonialism regulating caste rights sexual politics south asian historiography south asian history stigmatization untouchables violence western india |
ISBN |
1-282-36091-4
9786612360916 0-520-94337-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author'S Note -- Introduction -- Caste Radicalism And The Making Of A New Political Subject -- The Problem Of Caste Property -- Dalits As A Political Minority -- Legislating Caste Atrocity -- New Directions In Dalit Politics Symbologies Of Violence, Maharashtra, 1960-1979 -- The Sexual Politics Of Caste Violence And The Ritual Archaic -- Death Of A Kotwal The Violence Of Recognition -- Epilogue Dalit Futures -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778403003321 |
Rao Anupama | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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No one cries for the dead : Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions / / Isabelle Clark-Decès |
Autore | Clark-Decès Isabelle <1956-2017.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
Disciplina | 393/.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - India - South Arcot
Tamil (Indic people) - Funeral customs and rites Dirges - India - South Arcot - History and criticism Folk songs, Tamil - India - South Arcot - History and criticism Tamil (Indic people) - Social life and customs |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
behavioral analysis caste system ceremonial cultural analysis death songs death discussion books funeral event funeral singers funeral songs funerals gender issues graveyard petitions grief and mourning historical indian culture life and death nonfiction performers personal experiences rowdy songs social behaviors social customs sociologists sociology south india tamil dirges tamil untouchables village setting |
ISBN |
1-59734-775-2
1-282-35796-4 9786612357961 0-520-93834-8 1-4175-8495-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. A Different Grief -- Chapter Two. Songs Of Experience -- Chapter Three. Why Should We Cry? -- Chapter Four. Life As A Record Of Failure -- Chapter Five. Between Performance And Experience -- Appendix A. A Comparison Of The Four Abridged Versions Of The Virajampuhaâ Story -- Appendix B. The Story Of Virajampuhaâ In Tamil -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783314303321 |
Clark-Decès Isabelle <1956-2017.> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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