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Dalit Women: Honour and Patriarchy in South India

Dalit Women: Honour and Patriarchy in South India

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesIndian & South Asian HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1138095575
ISBN13: 9781138095571
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 21 2017
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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. Simultaneously Dalits are asserting a distinct, politicised Dalit identity. Key to both, is the 'respectability' of women.

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