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Retro-modern India: Forging the Low-caste Self - Exploring the Political in South Asia Manuela Ciotti 1st edition
Retro-modern India: Forging the Low-caste Self - Exploring the Political in South Asia
Manuela Ciotti
Focusing on the low caste Chamar community, this book examines how some of them abandoned their traditional polluting work, and strategically entered the upper-caste weaving profession. Located within the changing politics of the time, it outlines human agency and its search for dignity.
312 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 14, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138384248 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 400 g |
| Language | English |