Growing up untouchable in India : a dalit autobiography / Vasant Moon ; translated from the Marathi by Gail Omvedt ; with an introduction by Eleanor Zelliot.

By:

Moon, Vasant

Contributor(s):

Omvedt, Gail

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: enghin Series: Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2001.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 203 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780585394060
0585394067

Uniform titles:

Vastī. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Growing up untouchable in IndiaDDC classification:

305.5/68 21

LOC classification:

HT720

Other classification:

15.75

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Contents:

GROWING UP UNTOUCHABLE IN INDIA; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 The Neighborhood; 2 Fearless; 3 Callousness and Clouds; 4 Heat and Rain; 5 Dev Master's Curse Fails; 6 Religious Hymns; 7 Shooting Star; 8 Chickpeas and Parched Rice; 9 The Unconquered; 10 Parade of Lions and Tigers; 11 Foreshadowing; 12 Holy Victory; 13 Robust and Rollicking; 14 Sports and Study; 15 Politics and Pigeons; 16 Climax; 17 Wrath; 18 Cultural Transformation; 19 An Unspoiled Picture; 20 The Welfare of the World; 21 For What? For Books!; 22 I Begin to Write; 23 The End of Omar Khayyam; 24 Rising Moon; 25 The Vows of Religion.

26 Falling Star27 Tying the Knot; 28 The Spinning Top; 29 Summing Up; Chronology; Glossary; Biographical Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Summary: 'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture ... The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies.

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Includes bibliographic references (p. 193-194) and index.

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26 Falling Star27 Tying the Knot; 28 The Spinning Top; 29 Summing Up; Chronology; Glossary; Biographical Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture ... The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies.

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