The Pariah problem (Record no. 54869)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788189059729
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name :International Book Distributors
Distributor address :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
Bill Number :114211
Bill Date :30/07/2019
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.568 VIS
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Viswanath, Rupa
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Pariah problem
Remainder of title : caste, religion, and the social in modern India
Statement of responsibility, etc / Rupa Viswanath
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc :Navayana publishing
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii, 396p.
Dimensions 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 495
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note 1. Land Tenure or Labor Control? The Agrarian Mise-en-Scène --<br/>2. Conceptualizing Pariah Conversion: Caste, Spirit, Matter, and Penury --<br/>3. The Pariah-Missionary Alliance: Agrarian Contestation and the Local State --<br/>4. The State and the Cēri --<br/>5. Settling Land, Sowing Conflict, or, The Rise and Rise of Religious Neutrality --<br/>6. The Marriage of Sacred and Secular Authority: New Liberalism, Mission-State Relations, and the Birth of Authenticity --<br/>7. Giving the Panchama a Home: Creating "a Friction Where None Exists" --<br/>8. Everyday Warfare: Caste, Class, and the Public --<br/>9. The Depressed Classes, Rights, and the Embrace of the Social --<br/>Conclusion: The Pariah Problem's Enduring Legacies.
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Summary, etc Once known as 'Pariahs, ' Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's lowest castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and continue to be a source of public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception and evolution of the 'Pariah problem' in public consciousness in the 1890s. It shows how high-caste landlords, state officials, and well-intentioned missionaries conceived of Dalit oppression and prevented substantive solutions to the 'Pariah Problem' with consequences that continue to be felt today. The book begins with a description of the everyday lives of Dalit laborers in the 1890s and highlights the systematic efforts made by the state and Indian elites to protect Indian slavery from public scrutiny. Protestant missionaries were the first non-Dalits to draw attention to their plight. However, their vision of the Pariahs' suffering as a result of Hindu religious prejudice obscured the fact that the entire agrarian political-economic system depended on Pariah labor. The Indian public as well as colonial officials came to share a view compatible with missionary explanations, which meant all subsequent welfare efforts directed at Dalits focused on religious and social transformation rather than on structural reform. Methodologically, theoretically, and empirically, this book breaks new ground to demonstrate how events in the early decades of state-sponsored welfare directed at Dalits laid the groundwork for the present day, where the postcolonial state and well-meaning social and religious reformers continue to downplay Dalits' landlessness, violent suppression, and political subordination"--Provided by publisher
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Groups of people
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pariahs -- History.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pariahs -- Social conditions.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Caste -- India -- History.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element India -- Social conditions.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Science -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Science -- Minority Studies.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Caste.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Viswanath, Rupa
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 26/08/2019 International Book Distributors 495.00 1 305.568 VIS 26678 21/05/2026 30/04/2026 26/08/2019 Books

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