Dalit Women: Honour And Patriarchy In South India

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contextualising Dalit 'Shame' -- 3. Dalit Women and the Politics of Culture -- 4. Dalit Women's Everyday Life, Work, Kinship and Shame -- 5. Honour and Shame in the Madiga palli: Leela's Elopement, Possession and Marriage -- 6. Women's Education, Marriage, Honour and the New Dalit Housewife -- 7. Alcohol, Violence and Women's 'Suffering': 'Adulterer, tramp or thief, a husband is a husband' -- 8. Kalyani: 'Development', 'Civilisation' and 'Women's Empowerment' -- 9. 'Culture', 'Civilisation' and Citizenship -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Clarinda Still
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 258 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138095575
• | ISBN-13: 9781138095571