Dalit women : honour and patriarchy in south India

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One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women's lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits' economic and political position improves, `honour' becomes crucial to social status. One of the...
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