Rebels from the mud houses
George J Kunnath
Rebels from the mud houses : Dalits and the making of the Maoist revolution in Bihar /George J Kunnath - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2018. - xviii, 247 pages ;24 cm.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Maoist Revolution in Perspective --
chapter 2 Submerged Violences: Dalits, Landlessness, and Subordination in Bihar --
chapter 3 From the Mud Houses of Dumari: Revolutionary Murmurings and Dalit Militancy --
chapter 4 Bonded Labourer to Maoist Guerrilla: Life Story of a Dalit Revolutionary --
chapter 5 Negotiating Powers: Dalits and Shifting Mobilizations --
chapter 6 Production and Reproduction of Violence: State, Senas and Maoists --
chapter 7 Conclusions: An Anthropology of Revolution.
This book examines Dalit mobilization and the transformation of rural power relations in the context of intense agrarian violence involving Maoist guerrillas and upper caste militias backed by state forces in Bihar in the 1980s. The book investigates why thousands of Dalits took up arms and highlights the specificities of Dalit participation in the Maoist Movement and develops an anthropology of the Maoist Revolution in India.
9788187358527
Social Sciences
Dalits -- India -- Social conditions -- 20th century.--India -- Social conditions -- 1947
324.254075 KUN
Rebels from the mud houses : Dalits and the making of the Maoist revolution in Bihar /George J Kunnath - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2018. - xviii, 247 pages ;24 cm.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Maoist Revolution in Perspective --
chapter 2 Submerged Violences: Dalits, Landlessness, and Subordination in Bihar --
chapter 3 From the Mud Houses of Dumari: Revolutionary Murmurings and Dalit Militancy --
chapter 4 Bonded Labourer to Maoist Guerrilla: Life Story of a Dalit Revolutionary --
chapter 5 Negotiating Powers: Dalits and Shifting Mobilizations --
chapter 6 Production and Reproduction of Violence: State, Senas and Maoists --
chapter 7 Conclusions: An Anthropology of Revolution.
This book examines Dalit mobilization and the transformation of rural power relations in the context of intense agrarian violence involving Maoist guerrillas and upper caste militias backed by state forces in Bihar in the 1980s. The book investigates why thousands of Dalits took up arms and highlights the specificities of Dalit participation in the Maoist Movement and develops an anthropology of the Maoist Revolution in India.
9788187358527
Social Sciences
Dalits -- India -- Social conditions -- 20th century.--India -- Social conditions -- 1947
324.254075 KUN
