Identity, Rights, and Awareness - Anticaste Activism in India and the Awakening of Justice Through

Identity, Rights, and Awareness opens a much needed critical analysis of subaltern Dalit voice in India. Filling a lacuna in comparative analysis of the connections between anticaste social movement, communal identities, and marginalized voice, this book argues for the important role of narrative strategy in contending against oppressive systems.

List of contents

Introduction: At the Center and in the Periphery
1. Caste and Anticaste Identity: The Evolution and Legacy of Difference in Indian Social Life
2. Narrative Violence and Injustice Awareness: Reading Anticaste Activism as Narrative for Social Change
3. Doing Strategy in Indian Anticaste Activism: A Systems Approach to Understanding the
Struggle for Identity, Rights, and Awareness
4. Fostering Dalit Buddhist Identity: TBMSG's Organizing around Ambedkar Buddhism
5. All-India Rise Up: BAMCEF and Educating for a National Identity and Injustice Awareness
6. Narrative Testimony as Rights Agitation: PVCHR's International Rights Discourse
Conclusion: Identity, Rights, and Awareness: The Power of Discourse to Change Entrenched Systems of Oppression
Epilogue: The Making of Discursive Change Platforms and Writing from the Periphery as a Form of Resistance towards the Dominant Center

About the author

By Jeremy A. Rinker

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Rinker, Jeremy A Rinker, Jeremy A. Rinker, Rinker Jeremy A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781498541930
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4193-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Asia; Conflict Resolution and Peaceb; Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Asia; Conflict Resolution and Peaceb
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies