Nobody's people : hierarchy as hope in a society of thieves / Anastasia Piliavsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piliavsky, Anastasia, 1981- author.

Series:

South Asia in motion.

South Asia in Motion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kanjar (South Asian people)--India--Rajasthan--Social conditions.

Kanjar (South Asian people).

Rajasthan (India)--Rural conditions.

Rajasthan (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What if we could imagine hierarchy not as a social ill, but as a source of social hope? Taking us into a "caste of thieves" in northern India, Nobody's People depicts hierarchy as a normative idiom through which people imagine better lives and pursue social ambitions. Failing to find a place inside hierarchic relations, the book's heroes are "nobody's people": perceived as worthless, disposable and so open to being murdered with no regret or remorse. Following their journey between death and hope, we learn to perceive vertical, non-equal relations as a social good, not only in rural Rajasthan, but also in much of the world—including settings stridently committed to equality. Challenging egalo-normative commitments, Anastasia Piliavsky asks scholars across the disciplines to recognize hierarchy as a major intellectual resource.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

PROLOGUE

Chapter 1. HIERARCHY AS HOPE

Chapter 2. THE LORDS OF BEGUN

Chapter 3. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT THERE

Chapter 4. THE PERILS OF MASTERLESS PEOPLE

Chapter 5. HOW TO MAKE AND EAT A GODDESS IN NINE DAYS

Chapter 6. WHO AND WHOSE

Chapter 7. THE NEW LORDS OF BEGUN

Chapter 8. EVERY MAN A KING

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503614215

1503614212

OCLC:

1206390356