05211cam a2200661Ia 4500 ocn884645747 OCoLC 20200709060204.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140726t20142014nyu ob 001 0 eng d 2013047446 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCO TEFOD WAU N$T 9780231537506 (electronic bk.) 0231537506 (electronic bk.) 9780231163064 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231163061 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)884645747 828241 (N$T) F6D2408C-B4F2-4936-89C8-74FC735D62B3 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com DS432.P25 V57 2014 SOC 031000 bisacsh SOC 020000 bisacsh 305.5 305.5/6880954 N$TA Viswanath, Rupa, author. The Pariah problem [electronic resource] : caste, religion, and the social in modern India / Rupa Viswanath. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (705 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cultures of history Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Land Tenure or Labor Control? The Agrarian Mise-en-Scène -- 2. Conceptualizing Pariah Conversion: Caste, Spirit, Matter, and Penury -- 3. The Pariah-Missionary Alliance: Agrarian Contestation and the Local State -- 4. The State and the Cēri -- 5. Settling Land, Sowing Conflict, or, The Rise and Rise of Religious Neutrality -- 6. The Marriage of Sacred and Secular Authority: New Liberalism, Mission-State Relations, and the Birth of Authenticity -- 7. Giving the Panchama a Home: Creating "a Friction Where None Exists" -- 8. Everyday Warfare: Caste, Class, and the Public -- 9. The Depressed Classes, Rights, and the Embrace of the Social -- Conclusion: The Pariah Problem's Enduring Legacies. "Once known as 'Pariahs,' Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's lowest castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and continue to be a source of public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception and evolution of the 'Pariah problem' in public consciousness in the 1890s. It shows how high-caste landlords, state officials, and well-intentioned missionaries conceived of Dalit oppression and prevented substantive solutions to the 'Pariah Problem' with consequences that continue to be felt today. The book begins with a description of the everyday lives of Dalit laborers in the 1890s and highlights the systematic efforts made by the state and Indian elites to protect Indian slavery from public scrutiny. Protestant missionaries were the first non-Dalits to draw attention to their plight. However, their vision of the Pariahs' suffering as a result of Hindu religious prejudice obscured the fact that the entire agrarian political-economic system depended on Pariah labor. The Indian public as well as colonial officials came to share a view compatible with missionary explanations, which meant all subsequent welfare efforts directed at Dalits focused on religious and social transformation rather than on structural reform. Methodologically, theoretically, and empirically, this book breaks new ground to demonstrate how events in the early decades of state-sponsored welfare directed at Dalits laid the groundwork for the present day, where the postcolonial state and well-meaning social and religious reformers continue to downplay Dalits' landlessness, violent suppression, and political subordination"--Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Pariahs History. Pariahs Social conditions. Caste India History. India Social conditions. India History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Viswanath, Rupa. Pariah problem. New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] 9780231163064 (DLC) 2013047446 (OCoLC)863199814 Cultures of history. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1643216 Ebook Library OverDrive (EPUB) http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={F6D2408C-B4F2-4936-89C8-74FC735D62B3}&Format=410 OverDrive (READ) http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={F6D2408C-B4F2-4936-89C8-74FC735D62B3}&Format=610 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=828241 Image http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1486-1/{F6D2408C-B4F2-4936-89C8-74FC735D62B3}Img100.jpg EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1643216 EBSCOhost EBSC 828241 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55211 55211