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Dalit Women
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One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women's lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits' economic and political position improves, 'honour' becomes crucial to social status. One of the ways Dalits accrue honour is by altering patte
Autorentext
Clarinda Still is a Postdoctoral Researcher (Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme) at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford. She has written several papers in distinguished journals. She is also the Editor of Dalits in Neoliberal India: Mobility or Marginalisation? London, New Delhi::Routledge, 2014.
Inhalt
Introduction
Contextualising Dalit 'Shame'
Dalit Women and the Politics of Culture
Dalit Women's Everyday Life, Work, Kinship and Shame
Honour and Shame in the Madiga palli: Leela's Elopement, Possession and Marriage
Women's Education, Marriage, Honour and the New Dalit Housewife
Alcohol, Violence and Women's 'Suffering': 'Adulterer, tramp or thief, a husband is a husband'
Kalyani: 'Development', 'Civilisation' and 'Women's Empowerment'
- 'Culture', 'Civilisation' and Citizenship
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09781032652726
- Sprache Englisch
- Genre History
- Anzahl Seiten 268
- Größe H216mm x B138mm
- Jahr 2024
- EAN 9781032652726
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- ISBN 978-1-03-265272-6
- Veröffentlichung 25.06.2024
- Titel Dalit Women
- Autor Still Clarinda
- Untertitel Honour and Patriarchy in South India
- Gewicht 220g
- Herausgeber Taylor & Francis