Fractured tales : invisibles in Indian democracy / Badri Narayan.

Author
Nārāyaṇa, Badrī [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
xiv, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    "Fracture Tales documents narratives of the voiceless and invisible dalit castes that have been left out in the 60 years of state-led Indian democracy. Exploring the deepening of democracy among the dalits of Uttar Pradesh, it argues that the process of democratization of these communities over-represents some groups such as the Chamars and Pasis while neglecting others like the Musahar, Bansphor, and Sapera communities"--Page 4 of cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
    Contents
    • A beggar's song of democracy
    • Is it a snake or a rope? Democracy and identity politics in India
    • Democracy, deprivation, and dispossession : multiple narratives of democracy in North India
    • Margins and politics : narratives of marginalized Dalit Castes
    • With history and qithout history : Dalit reinvention of the past
    • Culture and representation : the making of public culture.
    Other title(s)
    Invisibles in Indian democracy
    ISBN
    • 9780199466283 ((hardback))
    • 0199466289 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2015510260
    OCLC
    959874302
    Other standard number
    • 99969813970
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