Caste and Emancipatory Quest

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Caste and Emancipatory Quest

Ethnography of Dalits in an Urban Neighborhood

Development studies Social and ethical issues Urban communities Sociology Regional, state and other local government International relations Welfare economics

Author: Rama Devi

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Collection: Political Science and International Studies

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 21st March 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9789819608324


Overview

The book unravels the entangled relationship between ascriptive identity (caste) and space (urban) and how this interaction (re)moulds urban stratification. Urban rather represents a liminal space while offering promising opportunities to aspire and achieve upward mobility, it presents structural constraints frustrating the march of Dalits to claim desired mobility. Through descriptive and nuanced accounts of various aspects of Dalit lives in urban, it foregrounds how caste permeates everyday city life. The book debunks the mirage of urban castelessness.

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