Caste question, the: dalits and the politics of modern india
Auteur :
Rao, Anupama
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520257610
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
544 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood.