Reconsidering untouchability: Chamars and Dalit history in North India
In: Contemporary Indian studies
Introduction: Untouchable boundaries : Chamars and the politics of identity and history -- Making Chamars criminal : the crime of cattle poisoning -- Investigating the stereotype : Chamar peasants and agricultural laborers -- Is the leather industry a Chamar enterprise? : the making of leatherworkers -- Struggle for identities : Chamar histories and politics -- From Chamars to Dalits : the making of an achhut identity and politics, 1927-56 -- Conclusion: Overcoming domination : the emergence of a new achhut identity -- Appendix: Statistical tables -- Glossary