Dalit Ecologies - Caste and Environmental Justice

"Dalit Ecologies explores the ecological experiences, histories, and perspectives integrated within Dalit writing, art, and culture. Aligning with theories of environment justice and ecological struggles experienced by black populations, the book delves into six major themes: caste, earth, and earthly environment; labour and mobility; casteization of technology and industry; climate justice; Dalitbahujan Anthropocene; and eco-literary tradition. The essays in the book include the relationship between caste and environment, Dalit autobiographies, folktales and novels, city, waste and discard, caste-based industry and occupation, technological injustice, weather, caste and climate change, and black-Dalit ecologies. Expanding the boundaries of environmental studies, the book brings attention to individuals such as Adwaita Mallabarman, Bama, Nek Chand, and Deena-Bhadri on the one hand and specific places and arenas like the rock garden, tannery, brick kiln, steel industry, and sanitation on the other, which are often overlooked in mainstream environmental writings"--

List of contents

Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature: 'My World Is a Different World': Caste and Dalit Eco-Literary Traditions; 3. Culture: 'God of Humans': Dina-Bhadri, Dalit Folktales and Environmental Movements; 4. Rivers and Commons: Titash and Malos; 5. Anthropocene: 'Modern' Chandigarh, Nek Chand, Rock Garden and Dalit bahujan Anthropocenes; 6. Industry: Caste of Labour, Dalits, Industrial Ecosystem and Environmental Politics; 7. Technology: Tanneries, Tanners and Technological Injustices; 8. Climate Change: Weather, Climate, Caste Economy and Dalit Experiences; 9. Caste and Race: Environment Justice and Intersections of Dalit-Black Ecologies; Bibliography.

About the author

Mukul Sharma is Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, India. He is the author of Caste & Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics (Oxford University Press, 2017), Green and Saffron: Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental Politics (Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2012), and Human Rights in a Globalised World: An Indian Diary (Delhi: Sage, 2010). His research interests lie at the intersection of ecology, religion, politics, and media in the making of environmental politics in India and South Asia. He has been the South Asia Director of Climate Parliament.

Product details

• Authors: Mukul Sharma, Mukul (Ashoka University Sharma, Sharma Mukul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009453455
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0945345-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 21st Century, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Environmentalist thought and ideology, For higher / tertiary / university education, Social discrimination and social justice