Bringing together scholars and activists, this volume examines the many facets of on-going Dalit struggles to improve their position. Focusing on identity asser

This study explores how Dalits in north India have used literature as a means of protest against caste oppression. Including fresh ethnographic research and int

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: We ask you to rethink: Different

The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography trace the strategies through which Dalits have been marginalized as well as the ways Dali

This innovative work of historical anthropology explores how India's Dalits, or ex-untouchables, transformed themselves from stigmatized subjects into citizens.