Untouchable citizens : Dalit movements and democratisation in Tamil Nadu / Hugo Gorringe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorringe, Hugo, 1975-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Cultural subordination and the Dalit challenge ; v. 4.

Cultural subordination and the Dalit challenge ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalits--Political activity--India--Tamil Nadu.

Dalits.

Dalits--Political activity.

Democratization.

Social conditions.

India--Tamil Nadu.

Dalits--India--Tamil Nadu--Social conditions.

Democratization--India--Tamil Nadu.

Physical Description:

397 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction: Untouchability undone?

Mapping the movement: introducing the Liberation Panthers

Democracy, demonstrations and disorder: social mobilisation and socio-political change

Victimisation, violence and valour: the context of Dalit activism in Tamil Nadu

Costs, coercion and caste: the material context of Dalit protest

Identity, space and power: the spatial bases and practices of DPI

Dalit women and Dalit movements: agency, autonomy and activism

Leaders and leadership: movement organisation and membership debates

The move to politics: the institutional self-transformation of the Liberation Panthers

'Voting for ourselves': Dalit politics and the 1999 elections in Tamil Nada

Conclusion: Critical citizens: the Liberation Panthers and democratisation in India

Appendix: [a summary of important incidents: a reader's guide].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [352]-379) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0761933239

9780761933236

8178294486

9788178294483

OCLC:

56214143

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