Persistence of Caste
The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
1 589 kr
Slutsåld
While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian Constitution, according to official statistics, every eighteen minutes a crime is committed in India on a dalit-untouchable.The Persistence of Caste uses the shocking case of Khairlanji, the brutal murder of four members of a dalit family in 2006, to explode the myth that caste no longer matters. In this exposé, Anand Teltumbde locates the crime within the political economy of post-Independence India and across the global Indian diaspora. This book demonstrates how caste has shown amazing resilience - surviving feudalism, capitalist industrialization and a republican constitution - to still be alive and well today, despite all denial, under neoliberal globalization.This insightful new analysis not only provides a fascinating introduction to the issue of caste in a globalized world, but also sharpens our understanding of caste dynamics as they really exist.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2010-10-14
- Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN9781848134485