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The Untouchables - Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India (Paperback)
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The Untouchables - Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India (Paperback)
Series: Contemporary South Asia
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In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the
very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika
Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social
and political category, the historical background which led to such
a definition, and their position in India today. The authors argue
that, despite efforts to ameliorate their condition on the part of
the state, a considerable edifice of discrimination persists on the
basis of a tradition of ritual subordination. Even now, therefore,
it still makes sense to categorise these people as 'Untouchables'.
The book promises to make a major contribution to the social and
economic debates on poverty, while its wide-ranging perspectives
will ensure an interdisciplinary readership from historians of
South Asia, to students of politics, economics, religion and
sociology.
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