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020			_a9781138352834
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a305.5 _bD159
245			_aDalits, subalternity and social change in India _cedited by Ashok K. Pankaj and Ajit K. Pandey
260			_bRoutledge _c2019 _aLondon
300			_axv, 207p
440			_aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series
520			_aThe linguistic origin of the term Dalit is Marathi, and pre-dates the militant-intellectual Dalit Panthers movement of the 1970s. It was not in popular use till the last quarter of the 20th century, the origin of the term Dalit, although in the 1930s, it was used as Marathi-Hindi translation of the word "Depressed Classes". The changing nature of caste and Dalits has become a topic of increasing interest in India. This edited book is a collection of originally written chapters by eminent experts on the experiences of Dalits in India. It examines who constitute Dalits and engages with the mainstream subaltern perspective that treats Dalits as a political and economic category, a class phenomenon, and subsumes homogeneity of the entire Dalit population. This book argues that the socio-cultural deprivations of Dalits are their primary deprivations, characterized by heterogeneity of their experiences. It asserts that Dalits have a common urge to liberate from the oppressive and exploitative social arrangement which has been the guiding force of Dalit movement. This book has analysed this movement through three phases: the reformative, the transformative and the confrontationist. An exploration of dynamic relations between subalternity, exclusion and social change, the book will be of interest to academics in the field of sociology, political science and contemporary India.
650			_aDalits -- India -- Social conditions
700			_aPankaj, Ashok K. [ed.]
700			_aPandey, Ajit K. [ed.]
942			_cBK
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