The ‘Pariah’ People
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Edition
1st. Ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9840515349
Length
286p.
Subjects
This book depicts the life and social adaptation of some urban sweepers in Bangladesh. They live as socially degraded "untouchables" and are a minority within a minority. It focuses on what the author considers to be major concerns in their communal life: question of identity, caste ranking and dignity. The work is based on ethnographic research carried out among the Hindu and newly converted Christian Sweepers of diverse ethnic backgrounds in two ...
