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Black coffee in a coconut shell : caste as lived experience / edited by Perumal Murugan ; translated by C.S. Lakshmi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caste--India.
- Caste.
- Caste-based discrimination--India.
- Caste-based discrimination.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, California : Sage, 2018.
- Summary:
- An exploration on different aspects of casteism based on the personal narratives of 32 people.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half title page
- Marketing page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Translator's Preface
- Introduction: The Buried Treasure I Found
- A Relentless Voice
- Caste in Folk Theatre
- Discrimination
- Of What Use?
- Only Son of the Family
- The Ugly Face of Caste
- Of the Soil
- In Which Ganges Do We Bathe?
- Futile Whimpering
- Pollution and Untouchability
- Ugly Grin
- A Kind of Pain
- A Wedding Feast with Mutton
- Empty Pride
- The Deep Pain of Identity
- Snatched Freedom and Life
- Like Eating Faeces
- Born of a Father, Born into a Caste
- Upper Caste Goddess
- Non-Existent
- Dealing with Inability
- Testimony
- Keeping Friends
- Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell
- Acceptance or Rejection?
- Distancing
- Everyday Moments
- Excommunication
- Penalty
- Family of Snake Charmers
- Stale Food
- Taking Life as It Comes
- About the Editor, Contributors and Translator.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5280-499-6
- 93-5280-498-8
- OCLC:
- 1012345894
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