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Dalit Women Speak Out
Aloysius Irudayam S. J. (Ed.)
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Description for Dalit Women Speak Out
Paperback. The right to equality regardless of gender or caste is fundamental in India. This volume presents an analytical overview of the complexities of the systemic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of five hundred narratives by Dalit women from four states. Editor(s): Aloysius, Irudayam S. J.; Mangubhai, Jayshree P.; Lee, Joel G. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFE; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 431.
The right to equality regardless of gender or caste is fundamental in India. Yet even the Indian government has acknowledged that the institutional forces arrayed against this right are powerful - and, what's more, that they shape people's mindsets in a way that encourages them to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is nowhere more apparent than within the cast-segregated localities where Dalit women live. This volume presents an analytical overview of the complexities of the systemic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of five hundred narratives by Dalit women from four states. The book joins analysis to ... Read more
The right to equality regardless of gender or caste is fundamental in India. Yet even the Indian government has acknowledged that the institutional forces arrayed against this right are powerful - and, what's more, that they shape people's mindsets in a way that encourages them to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is nowhere more apparent than within the cast-segregated localities where Dalit women live. This volume presents an analytical overview of the complexities of the systemic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of five hundred narratives by Dalit women from four states. The book joins analysis to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789383074761
SKU
V9789383074761
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About Aloysius Irudayam S. J. (Ed.)
Aloysius Irudayam S.J. is program director of the Research, Advocacy, and Human Rights Education Department at the Institute of Development Education, Action and Studies in Tamil Nadu. Jayshree P. Mangubhai is currently a senior program officer with Christian Aid in India. Joel G. Lee was a researcher at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies and is now a graduate student ... Read more
Reviews for Dalit Women Speak Out
"A remarkable feature of this study is its attempt to evolve a taxonomy of violence.... [T]he manner in which Dalit women work to preserve a sense of the self in the midst of all works against such an effort is moving and humbling." (V. Geetha, Hindu)"