"'The jews of Andhra Pradesh' is an engaging and thought-provoking ethnography devoted to the Bene Ephraim -a Dalit group in India that has embraced Jewish tradition. Egorova and Perwez offer a nuanced and theoretically-informed account which explores how the story of the Bene E…
On the social marginality of untouchables in 19th century Maharashtra.
On the social marginality of untouchables in 19th century Maharashtra
With 55 selections from songs, poems, short stories, plays, and critical writings, this volume represents the work of 36 writers and 19 translators. With all, save three, pieces specially translated for this anthology, the selections present a vocabulary of the Dalit movement in…
This volume documents the ethnographies of regionally distinct Dalit and tribal Christian communities, raising new arguments pertaining to the autonomy and distinct identity of these communities, often in adverse social set-ups. Stressing upon the plurality of identities, the es…
"In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and…
In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and …
