Dalit Women

Honour and Patriarchy in South India

AvClarinda Still

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women’s lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits’ economic and political position improves, ‘honour’ becomes crucial to social status. One of the ways Dalits accrue honour is by altering patterns of women’s work, education and marriage, and by adopting dominant-caste gender practices. But Dalits are not simply becoming like upper castes; they are simultaneously asserting a distinct, politicised Dalit identity, formed in direct opposition to the dominant castes. They are developing their own ‘politics of culture’. Key to both, the author argues, is the ‘respectability’ of women. This has significant effects on gender equality in the Dalit community.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-25
Mått:138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:220 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032652726

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Clarinda Still is a Postdoctoral Researcher (Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme) at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford. She has written several papers in distinguished journals. She is also the Editor of Dalits in Neoliberal India: Mobility or Marginalisation? London, New Delhi::Routledge, 2014.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Contextualising Dalit ‘Shame’ Dalit Women and the Politics of Culture Dalit Women’s Everyday Life, Work, Kinship and Shame Honour and Shame in the Madiga palli: Leela’s Elopement, Possession and Marriage Women’s Education, Marriage, Honour and the New Dalit Housewife Alcohol, Violence and Women’s ‘Suffering’: ‘Adulterer, tramp or thief, a husband is a husband’ Kalyani: ‘Development’, ‘Civilisation’ and ‘Women’s Empowerment’ ‘Culture’, ‘Civilisation’ and Citizenship