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Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell : Caste As Lived Experience.

Murugan, Perumal.

Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell : Caste As Lived Experience. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (253 pages)

Cover -- Half title page -- Marketing page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Introduction: The Buried Treasure I Found -- A Relentless Voice -- Caste in Folk Theatre -- Discrimination -- Of What Use? -- Only Son of the Family -- The Ugly Face of Caste -- Of the Soil -- In Which Ganges Do We Bathe? -- Futile Whimpering -- Pollution and Untouchability -- Ugly Grin -- A Kind of Pain -- A Wedding Feast with Mutton -- Empty Pride -- The Deep Pain of Identity -- Snatched Freedom and Life -- Like Eating Faeces -- Born of a Father, Born into a Caste -- Upper Caste Goddess -- Non-Existent -- Dealing with Inability -- Testimony -- Keeping Friends -- Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell -- Acceptance or Rejection? -- Distancing -- Everyday Moments -- Excommunication -- Penalty -- Family of Snake Charmers -- Stale Food -- Taking Life as It Comes -- About the Editor, Contributors and Translator.

An exploration on different aspects of casteism based on the personal narratives of 32 people.

9789352804986


Caste-India.
Caste-based discrimination-India.


Electronic books.

HT720 .B5945 2018

305.5/1220954

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