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The Making of a Dalit Public in North India is a detailed commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits in northern India. Based on extensive fieldwork at the village level in eastern Uttar Pradesh, it deals with Dalit social and political history in the state from 1950 to the present.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Margin and the Politics: Introduction
- 1. Conversations, Histories, and Politics
- 2. Telling Nehru and Aspiring for Freedom
- 3. History Produces Politics: A Narrative of the NaraMaveshi Movement in Uttar Pradesh
- 4. The Politicization of Dalit Women: Jhurias Story
- 5. A Book Also Travels: Circulating Small Booklets in Dalit Poorva
- 6. Dalit Public and Political Power: Grassroots Pressures on Democracy
- 7. Popular Sects and Politics : An Exploration of Intersections
- 8. Hearing Dalit Talk : The Functioning of Electoral Democracy in a village
- Epilogue: In Search of Alternative Dalit Politics
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Badri Narayan is Professor, Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Summary
The Making of a Dalit Public in North India is a detailed commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits in northern India. Based on extensive fieldwork at the village level in eastern Uttar Pradesh, it deals with Dalit social and political history in the state from 1950 to the present.
