Untouchable: Dalits in Modern India
  • 1999/188 pages

Untouchable:

Dalits in Modern India

S.M. Michael, editor
Hardcover: $22.00
ISBN: 978-1-55587-697-5
Exploring the enduring legacy of untouchability in India, this book challenges the ways in which the Indian experience has been represented in Western scholarship.

The authors introduce the long tradition of Dalit emancipatory struggle and present a sustained critique of academic discourse on the dynamics of caste in Indian society. Case studies complement these arguments, underscoring the perils and problems that Dalits face in a contemporary context of communalized politics and market reforms.

S.M. Michael is senior lecturer in sociology, University of Mumbai (India), and honorary director of the Institute of Indian Culture. He is author of Culture and Urbanisation.
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