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100	1		_aViswanath, Rupa, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Pariah problem _h[electronic resource] : _bcaste, religion, and the social in modern India / _cRupa Viswanath.
264		1	_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (705 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCultures of history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_a"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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPariahs _xHistory.
650		0	_aPariahs _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aCaste _zIndia _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aViswanath, Rupa. _tPariah problem. _dNew York : Columbia University Press, [2014] _z9780231163064 _w(DLC) 2013047446 _w(OCoLC)863199814
830		0	_aCultures of history.
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