Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume I: Towards Sociology of Dalits.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I - State of Dalit Studies in Sociology -- 1 - Situating Dalits in Indian Sociology -- 2 - Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation: Situating G. S. Ghurye -- PART II - Caste, Untouchability and Exclusion -- 3 - Untouchability as a Social Problem: Theory and Research -- 4 - Untouchability-A Myth or a Reality: A Study of Interaction between Scheduled Castes and Brahmins in a Western U.P. Village -- 5 - Scheduled Castes and Urbanization in Punjab: An Explanation -- 6 - The Khatiks of Kanpur and the Bristle Trade: Towards an Anthropology of Man and Beast -- PART III - Mapping Conflict -- 7 - Dalit Struggle, Nude Worship,and the 'Chandragutti Incident' -- 8 - Psychological Conflict Between Harijans and UpperClass/Middle Class Caste Hindus: A Study in Andhra Pradesh (India) -- PART IV - Interrogating Change: Theory and Practice -- 9 - Reservations and the Sanskritization of Scheduled Castes: Some Theoretical Aspects -- 10 - Purity, Impurity, Untouchability: Then and Now -- 11 - Stigma Goes Backstage: Reservation in Jobs and Education -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Appendix of Sources.

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