Retro-modern India : Forging the Low-caste Self.
Focusing on the low caste Chamar community, this€book examines how some of them abandoned their traditional polluting work, and strategically entered the upper-caste weaving profession. Located within the changing politics of the time, €it outlines human agency and its search for dignity.
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Summary: | Focusing on the low caste Chamar community, this€book examines how some of them abandoned their traditional polluting work, and strategically entered the upper-caste weaving profession. Located within the changing politics of the time, €it outlines human agency and its search for dignity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780203814055 0203814053 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |