Caste and partition in Bengal : the story of Dalit refugees, 1946-1961 /
"This book situates caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Bengal. In conventional narratives of Partition, the role of the Dalit or the Scheduled Castes is either completely ignored or mentioned in passing. This book addresses this discursive absence and argues that i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1.Introduction
- 2. Caste and partition
- 3.The Great Exodus
- 4. Camps and borderlands
- 5. State and rehabilitation
- 6. Politics and resistance
- 7. Conclusion.