02642nam a22002417a 4500 20140210125429.0 ENG-109156 9788132111238 1495.00 EN-92689 DBAD/PUB 305.56880954 23 Life as a Dalit : views from the bottom on caste in India / edited by Subhadra Mitra Channa and Joan P. Mencher. New Delhi Sage Publications 2013 B1/I-1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area, Mathura Road New Delhi 110044 xl,438p. 25cm(Hb) Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Looking up at caste : discrimination in everyday life in India / Subhadra Mitra Channa -- Theorizing marginality -- The caste system upside down / Joan P. Mencher -- Atrocities and segregation in an urban social structure / Nandu Ram -- Continuity and change in "ex-untouchable" community of south India / Joan P. Mencher -- A reading of "untouchable : the autobiography of an Indian outcaste" / Subhadra Mitra Channa -- On being an untouchable in India : a materialist perspective / Joan P. Mencher -- Conversion of upper castes into lower castes : a process of asprashyeekaran / Shyamlal -- Dalits to benefit from globalisation lessons from the past for the present / A Ramaiah -- Doing fieldwork among the dalits -- Viewing hierarchy from the bottom up / Joan P. Mencher -- Becoming a dhobi / Subhadra Mitra Channa -- Religion and gender -- Dancing the goddess : possession and caste / Karin Kapadia -- The Bible and dalits / James Massey -- Rediscovering god Iyothee Thassar and emancipatory Buddhism / G. Aloysius -- Religion, social space and identity / P. Sanal Mohan -- Dalit women -- Dalit women in struggle : transforming pain into power / Ruth Manorama -- Dalit women : a critical appraisal -- Dalit women's lives -- Caste and gender : understanding dynamics of power and violence / Kalpana Kannabiran, Vasanth Kannabiran -- Fighting the system : dalit responses to opression -- Climax! : the encounter of Dalits and Hindus / Vasant Moon -- Theyyam myth : an embodiment of protest / J.J.Pallath -- Documenting dissent / Badri Narayan -- The satnamis of chhattisgarh / Saurabh Dube -- Dissenting the hegemony by scheduled castes in south India / G.K. Karanth -- Reservations and new caste alliances in India / Walter Fernandes -- Conclusions / Joan P. Mencher. Dalits India. Caste-based discrimination India. Caste India. Channa, Subhadra, 1951- ddc EN 305.56880954 LIF 82081 82081 0 0 0 1 NFIC DBAD DBAD 2014-01-22 DBAD/PUB 1495.00 0 305.56880954 LIF EN-92689 2014-01-22 00:00:00 1 1495.00 EN