Untouchability in rural India

by Shah, Ghanshyam

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Title Statements

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:New Delhi
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:216 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:076193507X, 9780761935070, 8178296624, 9788178296623
oclc:ocm70176800
LC Classification:HT720
Dewey Decimal:305.5/68

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.

Subjects

Caste Caste -- India Castes -- Inde Daliter -- sociala förhållanden -- Indi… Dalits -- Social conditions Dalits -- Social conditions. -- India India India -- Rural conditions Kastväsen -- Indien Rural conditions