Afterword: Gendering Caste: Honor, Patriarchy and Violence

Introduction The central significance of gender to the operation of caste was vividly highlighted for me during fieldwork on Dalit politics and mobilization in 2012. I visited the offices of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) in Madurai (central Tamil Nadu) to interview the local leader Vi...

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Published inSouth Asia multidisciplinary academic journal Vol. 19; no. 19
Main Author Gorringe, Hugo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Association pour la recherche sur l'Asie du Sud (ARAS) 31.10.2018
Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
Subjects
caste
gender
honor
patriarchy
violence
gender
caste
patriarchy
honor
violence
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Summary:Introduction The central significance of gender to the operation of caste was vividly highlighted for me during fieldwork on Dalit politics and mobilization in 2012. I visited the offices of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) in Madurai (central Tamil Nadu) to interview the local leader Vikraman. He detailed the work of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front, which has documented the many and varied forms of untouchability practiced in contemporary Tamil Nadu. One example c...
ISSN:1960-6060
1960-6060
DOI:10.4000/samaj.4685