Untouchability in rural India
Presents a systematic documentation of the incidence and extent of the practice of untouchability in contemporary India. Based on the results of a large survey covering 565 villages in 11 states, this book reveals that untouchability continues to be widely prevalent and is practiced in one form or another in almost 80 per cent of the villages.
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780761935070, 9788178296623, 076193507X, 8178296624
70176800
Introduction : caste, untouchability and Dalits in rural India
Rural untouchability today : forms and sites
'Unclean' occupations : savaged by tradition
Dalit women and the practice of untouchability
Violence against Dalits
Demanding rights, equality and dignity
Conclusion