Identity, rights, and awareness : anticaste activism in india and the awakening of justice through discursive practices / Jeremy A. Rinker.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- Identity, Rights, and Awareness opens a much needed critical analysis of subaltern Dalit voice in India. Filling a lacuna in comparative analysis of the connections between anticaste social movement, communal identities, and marginalized voice, Jeremy Rinker's book argues for the important role of narrative strategy in contending against oppressive systems--back cover.
- Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Caste and Anticaste Identity; 2 Narrative Violence and Injustice Awareness; 3 Doing Strategy in Indian Anticaste Activism; 4 Fostering Dalit Buddhist Identity; 5 All-India Rise Up; 6 Narrative Testimony as Rights Agitation; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.
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- ebook version :
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- OCLC:
- 1048937763
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